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The Harry Potter Alliance

org · in 19 videos (2009–2013)

Mentions by year: 2009: 2 · 2010: 7 · 2011: 2 · 2012: 2 · 2013: 6

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What the videos say

2009

  • 2009-03-15 · Lighting a candle for Rwanda — John announces Nerdfighteria and the Harry Potter Alliance will make many videos for Rwandans, posted on CandlesForRwanda.org, some played at a big ceremony in Rwanda on April 7. (00:01:23)
  • 2009-03-15 · Lighting a candle for Rwanda — John's steps: get a real candle (his remote control is a stand-in; mind fire safety), film yourself giving name, age and country and lighting a candle of hope for Rwanda, hold it silently 5-10 seconds, send via YouSendIt. (00:01:52)
  • 2009-03-18 · Lighting Candles for Rwanda — Hank says that, with the anniversary near, John and he, the Harry Potter Alliance and Candles for Rwanda ask viewers to show Rwandans they are cared for as neighbours, friends, 'one of us'. (00:00:57)

2010

  • 2010-02-04 · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — Hank says the Harry Potter Alliance, a non-profit built on the Harry Potter fan community, is raffling remarkable prizes for Haiti, with all the money going to Haiti. (00:00:29)
  • 2010-02-04 · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — Hank says the Harry Potter Alliance, the Harry Potter community and the Nerdfighter community have together raised $86,000, enough to charter two cargo planes of aid to Haiti. (00:02:15)
  • 2010-03-13 · Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires — Hank announces that winners of the Harry Potter Alliance's Helping Haiti Heal raffle have been chosen and notified by email; the team will contact them soon. (00:02:42)
  • 2010-03-13 · Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires — Hank says five planes full of aid supplies are already on their way to help Haiti heal. (00:03:11)
  • 2010-04-27 · Nerdfighters, They Named a PLANE After Us — Nerdfighters with the HP Alliance raised enough to fill four planes with medicine and water for Haiti; the fourth and final plane leaves Thursday, and Partners in Health calls it the SS DFTBA. (00:01:38)
  • 2010-07-06 · With a private person — Description update: the HPA won the contest ('WE WON! WITH ESTHER!'). (00:00:00)
  • 2010-07-06 · With a private person — a private person is a big supporter of the Harry Potter Alliance, a charity Nerdfighteria often partners with; together they raised $123,000 to help Haiti and sent the SS DFTBA there. (00:01:57)
  • 2010-07-06 · With a private person — The HPA is in a big contest to potentially win $250,000 to decrease world suck, and is currently in third place. (00:02:13)
  • 2010-07-06 · With a private person — John asks viewers to vote for the Harry Potter Alliance via the link in the description and to get their friends to vote. (00:02:22)
  • 2010-07-06 · With a private person — The prize would let the HPA continue getting books to kids from the Mississippi Delta to Rwanda and grow its human-rights advocacy. (00:02:31)
  • 2010-07-20 · I Like Balls — John says his proudest day as a Nerdfighter came last week, not when the Vlogbrothers hit 300,000 subscribers, but when Nerdfighters came together with a private person and helped the Harry Potter Alliance win $250,000. (00:01:43)
  • 2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, a private person — John says that with a private person the Nerdfighter community came together and helped the Harry Potter Alliance win $250,000. (00:01:02)
  • …and 1 more statements in 2010 (most important shown)

2011

  • 2011-07-15 · Harry Freaking Potter — Hank announces two Harry Potter Alliance competitions (art and ideas) at ImagineBetter.org, $1,000 first prizes, top 20 judged by a panel including him, Jason Alexander, Anthony Head and Evanna Lynch. (00:03:06)
  • 2011-07-15 · Harry Freaking Potter — Hank recommends a beautiful book of Harry Potter community reminiscences (Dear Mr. Potter, per the description) whose thesis his song borrowed; all proceeds fund HPA literacy work. (00:03:24)
  • 2011-12-27 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — Hank announces the P4A charities by votes: Kids in Need of Desks fifth (915), Kiva fourth (1,043), the Harry Potter Alliance third (1,393), Water.org second (2,000), This Star Won't Go Out first (2,224). (00:00:00)

2012

2013

  • 2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — The P4A money goes to the Office of Letters and Light, Not Forgotten, the Wildlife Waystation, the Alzheimer's Society, the Harry Potter Alliance, Save the Children, BGSU Dance Marathon, Uncultured Project, a charity heard as 'Taycho', and Love146 Dayton Task Force. (00:01:27)
  • 2013-06-21 · New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News — DFTBA is going well and expanding with more shelves; it has started working with the Harry Potter Alliance and sells lots of HPA merchandise. (00:01:51)
  • 2013-07-12 · Oh, JK Rowling - A Harry Potter Song — Hank's description points viewers to the Harry Potter Alliance's website to learn more, calling the HPA 'frikkin great'. (00:00:00)
  • 2013-07-12 · Oh, JK Rowling - A Harry Potter Song — In song, Hank asks JK Rowling, who is giving her money to charity, whether she has a few more jots in her: crack a laptop, for him, the kids, charity or the HPA. (00:00:18)
  • 2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — Hank says he and John are helping the Harry Potter Alliance's Equality for the Win Indiegogo campaign, which has many great perks. (00:02:17)
  • 2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — Bigger need not mean less important: Harry Potter reached a large audience, yet its core fans, who listened to Wizard Rock and started the Harry Potter Alliance, made lasting changes in the world. (00:01:52)
  • 2013-12-06 · I Am President Snow — Hank suggests starting by signing up for the Harry Potter Alliance's Odds in Our Favor campaign. (00:03:32)