The Pumpkin Has Landed!: News for H/Hers and All Fandom Friends

[Ebony <selah_1977@yahoo.com>]

The Pumpkin Has Landed!
PumpkinPie.Org Announces Its Valentine's Day Grand Opening

Harry/Hermione shippers of the fandom have long had no place to call 
their own. The founders of pumpkinpie.org are proud to present a 
website as an attempt to fill this void -- while being mindful to 
remain a friendly place that all members of the fandom will feel 
comfortable visiting. 

We see ourselves as a seaport where kindler and gentler breezes 
linger, a happy and friendly isle in the midst of the oft-turbulent 
fanon sea. We actively encourage our shipmates and others to explore 
and participate in the rest of the fandom. 

Here you will find a haven for H/Hr shippers, a safe harbor that 
holds a directory to the best in H/Hr fanfiction, fanart, and pumpkin 
products, as well as intelligent discussion of all issues pertaining 
to their favorite pairing. We hope that they will not stop here 
permanently but rather move on to the rest of the fandom, returning 
here whenever they are in the need of a bit of H/Hr revelry or 
contemplation. 

Additionally, we wish to give H/Hr shippers incentives and outlets 
for service. Many on our ship work quietly behind the scenes in every 
corner of the fandom. Thus, we have created the Pumpkin Awards, where 
shipmates can nominate non-moderators to be featured every month. We 
also have designated an outreach project for each month of the 
calendar year, where H/H shippers and our friends may contribute 
time, money, and other resources to real world, twenty- first century 
humanitarian issues such as the fights against hunger, breast cancer, 
world AIDS, and our disappearing rainforest. 

This site is for you, shipmates, and by extension, for the entire 
Harry Potter fandom. The pumpkin-minded do so much for the fandom as 
a whole... it is time that we have a place to celebrate ourselves and 
to say "well done." 

It is our hope to build a sense of community amongst Harry/Hermione 
shippers – so that they will know that they are not alone. 

Schnomps, love, and pumpkin pie always! 

Ebony AKA AngieJ, for pumpkinpie.org
(from our page, "Vision Statement:  The Pumpkin Philosophy")