Matthew Lewis, as a patron of the Bethany Hare Smile Foundation, will provide signed certificates to participants in the charity’s fundraising event Walk of Smiles on June 1. The Smile Foundation raises money for children with terminal or chronic illnesses, and was founded by 13-year-old Bethany Hare.
This month, the Harry Potter Alliance is hosting its annual book drive, called Accio Books! Having donated over 86,000 books to underprivileged or underserved readers in the past, this year, its goal is stronger than ever – it’s teaming up with Read Indeed to assist in the donation of one million books.
SUNY Geneseo’s chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance, who call themselves Dumbledore’s Army, was recently profiled in the Geneseo campus publication The Lamaron. The Geneseo chapter has steadily worked its way up to student group status and is an ever-growing presence on the SUNY campus.
Some Harry Potter fans have not liked what the HPA has to say about marriage equality. But I believe that those in the LGBTQ community will be granted that right. One day conservative governors from Southern states will look at those against marriage equality with the same disdain that the Louisiana conservative governor looked at those who opposed interracial marriage in 2009.
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Tuesday afternoon three Harry Potter first editions were stolen from the Isle of Wight charity shop Feather Friends Rescue. The thieves made off with two first editions of Prisoner of Azkaban, each valued at 154 GBP, and one first edition of Deathly Hallows, valued at 250 GBP.
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Looking to own that rare piece of magic that was in the Harry Potter films? Well, the time is here! According to the Telegraph this rare prop will be up for grabs at the London Antiquarian Book Fair.
James and Oliver Phelps are best known for portraying the roles of twins Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter film series, but yesterday they traveled out to the town of Shrewsbury in order to happily accept a check for 20,000 GBP towards the twins charity Teenage Cancer Trust.
“AVADA KEDAVRA CANCER!!!” This is the theme that University of Mary Washington’s senior Becca Poole went with during the school’s recent Yule Ball themed event to raise money for the charity Relay for Life.
We recently reported that several Harry Potter stars donated doodles to an eBay auction to benefit the charity Epilepsy Action. The auction ended a couple of days ago, and Harry Potter stars alone raised $1,452.92 (937.97 GBP).
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