The Tampa Thestrals

So, I know it’s been awhile since we’ve posted on here, and it has mainly been my fault.Yesterday,  I set up a facebook group for us at http://www.facebook.com/groups/tampathestrals/ so go ahead and join that! It will, hopefully, be updated a lot more frequently, since I won’t be the only one with knowledge on how to run it. Also, feel free to email us at tampathestrals@yahoo.com. Lastly, I’m trying to get a consensus on a good time/place to meet up in the next month, so let me know where y’all are located and your availability.

Talk to y’all soon and thanks for dealing with my fail!

DFTBA
~JL

Your friendly neighborhood C/O

Taken from the HPA website:

THE HPA IS WORKING WITH…BORDERS BOOKS!!
Posted by HPA Chapters on January 21, 2011 at 4:14pm in Questions, Suggestions, and Updates
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Keep your shirt on, guys, we’re all excited here.
 
We are working with Borders Books to host a Benefits Day for the weekend of March 19.
Borders has agreed that for every person who makes a purchase during that day in support of the HPA (this support is shown by bringing in a coupon voucher* for the cashiers to scan), they will return a percentage of the sales to us.  Because we are a national event, we have also received an online code so people can make purchases online if they prefer that to coming into a store.
 
Cool? Yes. What do you guys as chapters have to do?
 
For the next month, let everyone know about this great opportunity to support the HPA and to pass the coupon voucher out to as many people as possible - friends, family, coworkers, etc. Even if all someone does is use the voucher with a latte at the Borders cafe or towards a paperback book, part of their sales will still be used to help us.
 
But wait, THERE’S MORE!
 
We are not permitted to pass out the coupon vouchers on the day of the event (as Borders considers this to be unwanted solicitation of customers), however,  we can set up information tables to explain who we are and what our goals are.  While chapters can contact your local stores individually, please email alysse@thehpalliance.org
if you are interested in setting up an information stand so she can give you additional information. She will also forward that information to Borders so that they can alert stores about setting up tables.  However, you would still need to confirm with your local Borders that you are setting up a table.
 
More info on Benefit Days.
*Coupon vouchers should be available on the website sometime soon. This thread will be updated when it is.

We need to get on this people!! :)

DFTBA and TTYL,

Jess

Announcing the Body Bind Horcrux!

thehpalliance:

Petrificus Totalus–the Body Bind curse. Those who get attacked with this spell find themselves paralyzed and unable to act. They are cut off from the most fundamental part of themselves–the bodies…

So, it’s January 2nd, which means A NEW HORCRUX!!!

-pauses for screams of excitement-

Really guys? Nothing?

Well, anyway, this month is all about BODY IMAGE and what true beauty really is. I know that since we’re all girls, we can understand how important of an issue this is.

Here is what the campaign is all about in the words of Emma S. on the HPA Ning.

“Throughout the month of January the Deathly Hallows Campaign is focusing on body issues. For the first week we’re going to concentrate specifically on body image. We want to cast rennervate and libercorups spells to bring our bodies back to life and liberate them. We want to break out of the Muggle mindset that defines what beauty is, and decide for ourselves what is truly aesthetic. We want you to share your opinions on everything from body image in the media to size acceptance. This forum is meant to act as a place for everyone to share tips, encouragement, and whatever else you can think of to help defeat the Body Bind Horcrux!”

Since I wasn’t able to make it to the livestream, this is all the information I have, so we’re going to work with this. If you have any suggestions/ideas on how to help this cause get out into the community, hit me up!

That’s about it for now, so I will talk to you all soon!

DFTBA!

Jess

Just loved this so much, I wanted to share it with y’all. 

Merry Belated Christmas!! :)

~Jess

(via effyeahnerdfighters)

Our very own LuLu submitted this! Be sure to give her some much deserved props!! :)

~Jess

thehpalliance:

My Patronus is a wolf. I picked a wolf because it is a protector. Around the wolf are words of things close to me and at the bottom shows what I always tell myself when I feel down. That no matter how bad something might seem you aren’t alone. It may feel like that but even if they don’t show it there are people who love and care about you.

So, as you all saw, LuLu, Marissa and I broke in our new YouTube channel with our Patronus video. It was a lot of fun making it, so y’all should totally check out the channel. I’m going to be working on editing/customizing it to better fit our chapter, so feel free to hit me up with suggestions.

Oh, and we are planning on filming another video (non-HPA) this weekend, so hit me up if you want to join in. :)

Lots of love and DFTBAs!

~Jess

Expecto Patronum!

This is a video our chapter made to submit to the Harry Potter Alliance to show how we fight depression. It was fun to work on and I hope you all enjoy it!

~Jess

Livestream Announcing the 2nd Horcrux – Wednesday, December 1st at 8:30 pm EST

thehpalliance:

You’ve done amazing work fighting the starvation wages horcrux, and now it’s time to begin our battle against a new foe. Join us on our livestream channel on Wednesday, December 1st at 8:30 pm…

• Andrew got very speech-makey (if that’s a word)
• I have a feeling Animal rights, LGBT rights, and Environmental Protection are gonna be somehow connected to the other horcruxes
• There are going to probably be Press, if I can ever get that situated, and we got tips on how to do it. 1) Speak Succinctly 2)It’s okay to not know something 3)Be smiley 4)Don’t be nervous. I’m sure there were more, but as I’m really tired and literally sped home from work to “watch” this, I can’t remember
• Bullies are like Dementors- Eat some Fair trade chocolate after dealing with them and you’ll feel better.
• Don’t be nervous approaching someone. Find a common interest or use a corny pick up line. (“I help CHILDREN, could you please hold my hand?” )
• Pedo Bear is out there! BEWARE OF PEDO BEAR!
• Every Signature Counts! We want to get 4,000 signatures this weekend
• Andrew can’t make a short speech to save his life….
• Oh, we got to listen to the majestic Sara of whom I don’t know if y’all know yet. Honestly, this girl is my hero, ngl. :)
• “Pics or it didn’t happen!”
• There is a REAL WORLD that isn’t the Internet (who knew?) BUT (see above)
• Give out fliers like they are going out of style
• Be courteous of others
• Uhm…Insert random “transfaning” and other randomness and that’s pretty much all I got out of it
• Oh, and check out this story on Fair Trade Chocolate and the HPA, pretty epic stuff with some crazy info in it.

OH! And there is gonna be another one at 3:00PM tomorrow, so I’m gonna try to be there until I have to leave for class at 5:00, so if any of you want to pick up shifts, that would be fantastic!

See some of you tomorrow! :D

Love you all and DFTBA

~Jess

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