presents

If you have ever wondered what fun you could have with muggle sports and events or if you just love going to a muggle style festival, then this fundraising event is just what you are looking for. On Saturday, November 4 the Department of Magical Sports and Games will be holding a fundraiser, but not just any fundraiser, a Muggle Sports night fundraiser. This night will be a free event to come to, but activities at the event will cost tickets that you can buy ahead of time or at the Practice Quidditch and Gobstone fields located outside the ministry the day of the event. The event will start at 10 a.m. with gates at both practice fields opening at 9:45 and go until 6 p.m. that evening.

Young children (infant to age 10) will have plenty to do with balloon makers, face painting, and carnival games. The adults will have a chance to dunk their favorite Quidditch or Gobstone player, try their hand at Futbal and basketball skills, and everyone will enjoy plenty of food that is available. The evening will end with a fun game of rounders. Don't know what rounders is? Don't worry many of us didn't know either at first, they will be explaining many of these games on the 24th.

All proceeds will go to the Stemp House, which is a wonderful place that has been helping children with magical descent for the past 11 years. Opening in 2085, Adam and Lorelai Stemp felt there was a need for a children's home that could help magical children after Lorelai Stemp had once been in a home herself. Finding that many homes did not have the capability or the resources to help these children and many foster or adoptive parents either didn't know or kept the magical aspect quiet. The Stemp house has twenty full and part-time staff members caring for their twenty residents, some of those residents are off at Hogwarts while others are either homeschooled or too young yet. This summer they implemented a homeschool program for students that did not wish to enter or return to Hogwarts after the happenings there in the past year.

Victoria Culldoen, Department head, has been working with her divisions to get this set up for a few months now and is very excited for it "The Stemps are doing amazing things and Adam has been with our department for many years. This is a way to show appreciation to a very dedicated employee as well as help out with a wonderful nonprofit organization that is supporting and molding our young witches and wizards." It seems that many of the community agrees with Victoria as many professional players have stepped up to help out with this event. Lorelai also commented, “The residents and I are so grateful that there are people that want to help us out. Stuff like this brings up the morale around Stemp House, too. That it’s not just us fighting to better the lives of these children. And the more people we can get word to, the more children might get forever families.”

When asked why muggle sports, Victoria was very quick to answer, why not, and explain that the idea was to let the community try something new and just have a fun filled family day.