Helping Haiti Heal

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Helping Haiti Heal is a collaboration among The HP Alliance, The Leaky Cauldron, MuggleNet, HPANA, and Fiction Alley. They had a live fundraising webcast on January 23, but they're extending the opportunity to donate (and win cool prizes) until February 6. All funds go to benefit Partners in Health (PIH) which has been working on the ground in Haiti for over 20 years. If you donate to Partners in Health via the telethon or through the evening of February 6, you'll be eligible for one of the thank-you gifts donated by amazing people like Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, the cast of The Guild and even J.K. Rowling, who donated a signed set of the Harry Potter books. As the rules explain:

Any individual who donates any sum greater than five (5) dollars via PayPal (the "Donor") to prizes@thehpalliance.org or via http://www.thehpalliance.org/haiti/prizes (the "Pages") between the hours of noon Eastern Standard Time on Saturday, January 23, 2010 and 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time on Saturday, February 6, 2010 (the "Event Hours") will be eligible to receive a Thank You Gift from the list available at this link, to which additional items may be added from time to time.

The recipient of each Thank You Gift will be chosen at random from all donors to each Item Group, where an Item Group is defined as all a selection of Thank You Gifts listed on http://www.thehpalliance.org/haiti/prizes which can be won by all Donors who have donated the stated dollar amount, or a higher dollar amount.

When you choose a donation button, you become eligible for the Thank You Item(s) listed in correlation to that button. You may choose one, some, or all donation buttons: they will be added to your cart and donated to the HP Alliance, to be redistributed to Partners in Health, upon checkout.

I put in a donation, choosing to enter the prize drawing for a pair of radish earrings made by actress Evanna Lynch (Luna in the movies). Hey, fun for a good cause.