National Doodle Day, a fundraising event which supports the work of Epilepsy Action, is auctioning several doodles from Harry Potter actors to raise money for the charity. Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood), Brendan Gleeson (Mad-Eye Moody), John Hurt (Ollivander), Adrian Rawlins (James Potter), Fiona Shaw (Mrs. Dursley), Mark Williams (Mr. Weasley), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), and …read more!

If you have been living under a rock or a similarly YouTube-less planet for the past couple days, you don’t know about Project For Awesome, which is basically the best thing to happen on the Internet. Project for Awesome started in late 2007 as a way to use the YouTube algorithm for good: to use …read more!

Our friends over at Rupert-Grint.us are once again holding their annual Rupert Grint Birthday Project in honor of Grint’s birthday on August 24th. This year they are urging fans who would like to send a birthday card or present to Grint to instead donate to Grint’s favorite charity, the Teenage Cancer Trust. The Teenage Cancer …read more!

In case you were unaware, J. K. Rowling’s birthday is coming up – it’s only eight days away! For her birthday one fan has set up a donation page, where you can donate money to Rowling’s charity, Lumos, and be entered into a drawing to win a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows …read more!

As readers may recall, several Harry Potter actors contributed “tamperines” to the Sound It Out charity. These tamperines are currently up for auction on e-bay. You can find links to the tamperines below:Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid)James Phelps (Fred Weasley)Imelda Staunton (Umbridge)Emma Thompson (Professor Trelawney)Stephen Fry (narrator for the UK version of the Harry Potter audiobooks)Find out …read more!

As readers may recall, the Harry Potter Alliance’s “Hunger is Not a Game” campaign was recently featured in the New York Times. Since “The Hunger Games,” which the campaign is based on, has been released a follow up article has been written: On Thursday, March 22, just one day after a column I wrote for …read more!

The Harry Potter Alliance is currently being featured in an article in the New York Times. The article discusses HPA’s “Hunger is Not a Game” campaign, as well as some of their past work: Perhaps the most effective practitioner of fan-fueled social change is Andrew Slack, the 32-year-old founder of The Harry Potter Alliance and …read more!

Our friends at the IQA, International Quidditch Association, have designed and released a special T-Shirt to add a bit of the Harry Potter style for the upcoming “Hunger Games” film release. Available in both men’s and women’s sizes, the T-Shirt is made out of deep heather green soft-style cotton and features a combination of the …read more!

Sound It Out, an organization which “brings together professional musicians to work alongside local participants of different ages, experience and ability,” has asked celebrities to tamper with tambourines to create “tamperines” for their charity. A few Harry Potter actors have created tamperines: Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), James Phelps (Fred Weasley), and Emma Thompson (Professor Trewlawney). Stephen …read more!

Yesterday we reported that Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Nick Moran (Scabior), Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon), and Jessie Cave (Lavender Brown) will be partaking in this year’s National Doodle Day. Since yesterday, a few more Harry Potter alums have submitted doodles! Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) and Bill Nighy (Rufus Scrimgeour) have each added a doodle. You can …read more!