Imagine that: our sending three planes officially named Harry, Hermione, and Ron to an area that so very much needs the love, strength, and fortitude of Harry, Hermione, and Ron - what finer way to honor the gift that JK Rowling has given us than by making this happen in her character’s names! When JK Rowling heard of what we have all done together she asked Melissa Anelli to pass along the following message:

To everyone who has helped raise such an incredible amount for the earthquake survivors in Haiti: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

Like many others, I made a personal donation to the DEC shortly after the earthquake happened; but never did I expect such an amazing response from all of you. You cannot imagine how awed, moved and humbled I am to know that planes named Harry, Ron and Hermione are going to be flying off to help. I did not need this to remind me how extraordinary Harry’s fans are, but you keep giving me proofs. THANK YOU! - Jo

We still need your help! We’re about eight thousand dollars away from making this happen but our fund raiser ends on Saturday February 6 at 11:59 pm. You can still enter to win a full set of signed Harry Potter books and many more awesome prizes - AND your money is literally going to save lives in Haiti. If you can’t donate, tell someone who can. If you know someone who might want to take part but might not know about the effort, e-mail them right now. Tell your business you’re doing this for a matching donation, Tweet, post on Facebook, tell your local news outlet: we can get there with your help!

And stay tuned for live web casts at thehpalliance.org/haiti with John Green tonight at 5 pm EST and all of us at 2 pm EST tomorrow!

But right now: what are you waiting for? Let’s help send the trio to Haiti!

Andrew Slack and the Harry Potter Alliance Board of Directors and Staff

P.S. Follow our efforts on Twitter @tweetaha and @thehpalliance

Magical Acts of Warmth (MAW) is an opportunity for you to spread warmth locally or around the world to those in need. There are a lot of people and animals that need a little extra warmth, care and kindness. We can help. In places like Ulanbaatar, Mongolia the temperatures can go to -40° F. In hospitals throughout the country, throughout the world, there are critically ill patients that need a little extra care. Hats, blankets, scarves, or gloves could brighten someone’s day.

Anyone can help! Do you knit or crochet? Take out your needles and/or hooks! Even if you don’t have time to create something or don’t know how, you can always do a monetary donation, or donate an article of clothing, shoes, etc.

Share your creations, thoughts, opinions or questions in our Common Room Forum! You pick where to send it and share with the rest of us.

This will be an ongoing campaign throughout the year. So, you don’t necessarily have to join in now. You can participate whenever you’d like.

You can check out where you can help out locally as well as internationally here.

Spread the love. Spread the warmth. <3

Subscribe to http://www.twitter.com/tweetaha for the most current info on Helping Haiti Heal including details on special upcoming live shows (trust me, you will want to be here for that!) and donation totals.

Questions? Comment, or email haiti@thehpalliance.org

The Harry Potter Alliance has united with fan communities across the world, raising over $50,000 for Helping Haiti Heal! That money will charter an entire cargo plane that will bring critical life-saving supplies to thousands of Haitians and more.

Saturday January 30 at 2 pm will be another epic livestream at thehpalliance.org/haiti!!!

And we’re still going! When you donate at thehpalliance.org/haiti/prizes, you become eligible to receive one of over 200 thank you gifts based on individual donation levels. These gifts include a:

-Full UK set of seven signed Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling, along with a handwritten card from the author!!!
-Signed guitar from Harry Potter actor Tom Felton’s personal collection.
-Harry Potter book signed by the Harry Potter cast (courtesy of actress Evanna Lynch)!!!
-Signed copies of Unseen Academicals and Wintersmith by author Sir Terry Pratchett!
-A signed copy of Harlequin Valentine from Neil Gaiman!
-And so much more!

We are less than $17,000 away from chartering a second plane for Partners In Health! Every little bit helps - please donate today!

What we are doing is unprecedented in bringing together the entire Harry Potter fan community with fan sites for “True Blood,” “Mad Men,” “Firefly,” “Lord of the Rings,” “The Guild,” “Ghostbusters,” as well as stars from “The Wire,” “Heroes,” and more! Join us again Saturday January 30 at 2 pm EST right here and let’s keep going!!!

“I just feel so proud, so alive and like I want to do more . . . Today I realized the good we can really do in the world.”

She writes of how frustrated she was with the perpetual machine of everyday life, and how “Helping Haiti Heal” allowed her to remember what was truly important:

“I had sunk into the Muggle Mindset. And this has pulled me right out of that, and I feel like dancing in the rain. If only it were raining.”

To find out more, read the post in its entirety here.

We are stunned by the generosity of everyone from all of the many fandoms that participated, and we are especially proud of all of the Harry Potter fans out there who contributed! Thank you so much!

Stay tuned, because the donation drive is not over!! You can donate up until January 30th and still be eligible for over 200 prizes, one of which is a signed, complete set of the UK edition Harry Potter novels personally donated by J. K. Rowling herself! Check back here for updates as the donation drive continues!

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has donated a full U.K. edition set of her books, as well as a handwritten card, to Helping Haiti Heal, the multifandom donation drive kicking off tomorrow via Webcast.

This extremely rare item joins more than 100 special gifts, including a signed book by author Neil Gaiman, five dedicated books by Sir Terry Pratchett, original conception art from the film Where the Wild Things Are, and much, much more.

Join us at 2 p.m. Eastern tomorrow at thehpalliance.org/haiti to find out more about how to donate and stand a chance to receive any of these amazing gifts! All donations will benefit Partners in Health, an humanitarian organization in Haiti that has been aiding those most ravaged by the January 12 earthquake.

Needless to say, we are pleased, proud, and amazed! Hope to see you all on Saturday!

This Saturday, January 23rd, at 2 P.M. EST, HPA’s Potterwatch, PotterCast, MuggleCast, Hogwarts Radio, and FictionAlley will come together for a live fundraising webcast here on Livestream to benefit Partners in Health.  This four hour live event will feature a donation drive where donors have the opportunity to win prizes, live performances from many wizard rockers; leaders in fan communities; personal interviews with Haitian-Americans about the importance of giving to Partners In Health; human rights activists; a representative from MIT’s Media Lab discussing ways that we can donate our time using new media; and much more.

Help spread the word by Tweeting the following:

We’re Helping Haiti Heal - learn about a huge fandom event happening Sat. from 2pm to 6pm ET! http://bit.ly/5603s6 #hhh

A major part of this event will be raising funds to help those in Haiti through Partners In Health.  Countless fan sites, wizard rockers, authors, entertainers, and organizations have donated to this donation drive. A full list of items can be found on the Helping Haiti Heal website.