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REMINDER: Mailing Requirements  

Posted by Winnie in

Hello, students!!
I thought that now was a great time to shout out a little reminder of the mailing requirements, especially since kits are flying through the air on trusty and reliable owls as you read this.

Mailing Requirements

For those in the U.S. you will be required to purchase a Delivery Confirmation when you send your package off. Delivery Confirmation provides both proof of mailing and allows you to track your package to make sure that it gets to it's destination. When you purchase the Delivery Confirmation option you will need to email your tracking # to your Head Girl

Requirement: Delivery Confirmation provides proof of mailing at the time of mailing and date and time of delivery or attempted delivery. A delivery record is maintained by the USPS. Delivery Confirmation is available with First-Class Mail and Priority Mail. For an additional fee, Delivery Confirmation may be combined with restricted delivery or return receipt. Each student is required to purchase delivery confirmation. When the package is sent you must email the delivery confirmation to your Head girl so that she may update our databases with the information. Believe me!! Packages go lost more often than we like. Delivery Confirmation is also proof that a package was mailed at all and may save you from being black listed from future swaps if you cut it close to the deadline for sending out your package.

Best Kit
In order to have your kit considered for the Best Kit category you MUST take a picture of your kit before you send it. Email that picture to your Head Girl as well as to Bevin - our Best Kit Coordinator. Many times the kit receiver might not have a camera handy when he or she receives your kit. Wouldn't it be a shame if you poured your heart and soul into your kit, but didn't get a chance to show it off to the whole of Hogwarts???

Suggestion: Flat Rate Boxes
Hopefully many of you know about this option, which the postal service provides. Flat Rate boxes!! Whatever you can fit into this box will only cost you $9.95 to ship, plus your Certified Mail. The joy of it is that you can get the boxes from the postal service for free. You can either order them online or visit your local postal site and request them in person. There is also a larger box option at $12.95.

Weekly Prophet, Special Edition  

Posted by Winnie in

Hello, students!!!
I know, I said this would be weekly, but sometimes in the beginning of the swap there is need to a few more frequent publications of the Weekly Prophet :) Grab a cup of Joe while we go over some things.

Dates To Be Aware Of

We are doing things a little different this time around concerning the mailing of packages. We are asking that NO packages are mailed until Friday, March 6th. Why, you ask? Because this swap is about more than the sending and receiving of a kit, and the activities in the swap are partially what make this swap different from most of the swaps out there. This swap is about the journey not just the package. If it was only about the swapping I would not extend this swap past 6 to 8 weeks!

So, concerning the mailing of packages these are the dates which are on the calender that you need to be aware of:

March 6 - First Packages Allowed to be Sent.
Please do not send out your packages before this date.

March 27 - April 17 - Early Send Bonuses
Packages sent within these weeks will receive a 50 pt. bonus per student for your House. If you will be mailing oversees, please keep in mind that some packages take up to 6 weeks in transit and you will need to send as early as possible.

May 1 - Last Packages Are Due Out

Mailing Requirements


For those in the U.S. you will be required to purchase a Delivery Confirmation when you send your package off. Delivery Confirmation provides both proof of mailing and allows you to track your package to make sure that it gets to it's destination. When you purchase the Delivery Confirmation option you will need to email your tracking # to your Head Girl

Delivery Confirmation provides proof of mailing at the time of mailing and date and time of delivery or attempted delivery. A delivery record is maintained by the USPS. Delivery Confirmation is available with First-Class Mail and Priority Mail. For an additional fee, Delivery Confirmation may be combined with restricted delivery or return receipt.

Flat Rate Boxes
Hopefully many of you know about this option, which the postal service provides. Flat Rate boxes!! Whatever you can fit into this box will only cost you $9.95 to ship, plus your Certified Mail. The joy of it is that you can get the boxes from the postal service for free. You can either order them online or visit your local postal site and request them in person. There is also a larger box option at $12.95.