Website This is Nottingham offers up this story on Harry Potter-themed school lunches.

CBBC Newsround is giving away a press pack signed by Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, Christian Coulson, and Shirley Henderson. Click here for details on how to win.

Not enough causes yet? 🙂 Well, once you’ve donated to the auction fund, why not Free Dobby? Yep – here’s how you can do it in New York: Show up at the TODAY show by the Rockefeller Christmas Tree (That’s 5th Avenue and 54th-Street-ish. Trust me, you can’t miss it) on THURSDAY, December 5, at …read more!

We’ve SERIOUSLY considered giving regular updates on the amount of money we’ve raised on a regular basis – even thought up a counter. However – we have this numbing fear that some rich muggle out there will outbid us by a couple hundred dollars because he (or she) knows how much we have and simply …read more!

Last week, a Harry Potter fan named Tony Chapman died from Leukemia. But on the Friday before he passed, he spent the day with Rupert Grint, who was determined to meet Tony after reading about his illness. The article reports that they spent the day playing video games, talking and joking. Very sweet, Rupert.

Thanks Darrel, for this important info: In order for Leaky Inc. to recieve the referral bonus, the new user must transfer $250 to their own PayPal account and open a money market account. Just concerned that some people may think that just by openning the Pay Pal account Leaky will get $5.00 and never actually …read more!

Thanks Newsround! Go here! (As is par for the course with Newsround, they are the first professional press organization with the story! And we love them! And not only because they have rendered fellow editor Heidi speechless – that’s just a perk. 🙂 )

The WB-sponsored official TriWizard Tournament is now underway, and you can vote for your favorite HP Webmasters to lead the schools. Voting is going on now and will end on the 20th. On a side note, thank you very much to all of you who went put my name into consideration – what a nice …read more!

We expect to have official buttons and banners supporting the auction collection up soon – but a few of you have made some yourselves, and we think that’s great. Send us what you make, and if it is clear enough to use, we will gladly distribute yours along with the rest!

Hey – if you are signing up for a new account with PayPal to donate for the auction, note that PayPal offers a $5.00 bonus to the person who referred you. If you list us as your referrer (email: [email protected]), that’s $5.00 extra you can donate without taking it out of your own pocket!