To keep the Donate page easy to read, we are archiving the donation information for Campaign #1 here. You can find the progress meter and list of donors after the jump.

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We promised photos from the trip to Lawrence, and here they are! (It was such a gorgeous day.)

Recent coverage you may have missed:

• Brande, Rebecca, and Dana were interviewed by Sam Ford with the Convergence Culture Consortium (C3)
• Fandom Rocks was highlighted on the CW Source blog

If you see Fandom Rocks mentioned out in the world, please let us know. Enjoy the photos and look for more updates from us soon.

The front of the shelter. The current building is rented by the shelter, and they are investigating options for a new or different facility.

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The sun is setting on our first campaign. The donations have been delivered to Lawrence Community Shelter and SOS Children’s Villages. Each charity received $1,023.11 for a Campaign #1 grand total of $2,046.22. We put together a PDF report (Fandom Rocks Report June 2007-August 2007) to document all of the campaign funding sources. If you have any questions or feel the information is incorrect, don’t hesitate to let us know.

Brande, Rebecca, and Dana are gearing up for the second campaign and beyond. The final tally on our charity poll placed the Lawrence Humane Society and Semper Fi Fund as your top choices. We have contacted them and are hopeful that they will accept our interest and support soon. Here are just some of the things we are working toward over the next few weeks:

• Incorporating as a non-profit organization
• Hosting promotional tables at conventions: Are you attending and willing to help out? Let us know!
  • Something Wicked
  • Creation’s Salute to Supernatural
• Communicating with the Supernatural cast & crew on the campaign progress
• Creating new contribution methods for fans; including Ebay links, becoming an Escrip group, etc.
• Working with you, the fans, on creative ideas for fundraising: knitting cat toys, auctions, garage sales, etc.

One last note

The promotional items from the Kansas Film Commission included: 1 tote bag, 2 size large t-shirts (1 blue, 1 brown), 2 baseball caps (both tan), 1 executive notebook (similar to this padfolio), and 1 engraved Leed’s Mission Twist pen, all with the Kansas Film Commission logo and text. We will select five random donors from our first campaign for five of these items. We will contact you by order drawn, and you will get your choice of one of the items. The remaining two items will go into a raffle for our second campaign donors. We will announce the winners during our podcast for “All Hell Breaks Loose” Parts 1 & 2 next week. Don’t worry, we’ll email you, too.

This weekend marked a rather significant milestone for Fandom Rocks. We completed our first campaign, and the donation for Lawrence Community Shelter was delivered in person. Dana tackled the Labor Day roads to travel from Champaign, Illinois to Lawrence, Kansas. However, there is nothing quite like a road trip on a long weekend, so don’t feel too badly for her.

The podcast this week features audio from the ceremony outside the shelter, as well as a casual interview with Loring Henderson, Executive Director of the shelter, and Anne Bracker from the board of directors. Fandom Rocks would like to thank everyone from the community who attended the ceremony — board members, shelter staff and guests, and neighborhood residents. A special note of thanks goes to Nancy Baym from OnlineFandom.com for her interest and conversation. Thank you to George Diepenbrock from LJ-World for taking the time in a busy weekend to support our event, and thank you to Peter Jasso from the Kansas Film Commission for traveling to Lawrence and donating promotional items to Fandom Rocks. (Look for a post soon on how we are going to get those items out to you, our first campaign donors.) Last, but not least, we would be remiss if we did not thank Loring and Anne for coordinating the event and spending much of their day with Dana.

Enjoy the podcast! Photos and a detailed post on the weekend will arrive, hot off the press, after Dana explores the roads back to Illinois.

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Links mentioned in the podcast:
Good Dog! Biscuits & Treats: http://www.gooddoglcs.org
Uma Floresta: http://www.myspace.com/umaflorestamusic (“Low Tide” is featured at the end of the podcast)

Tonight’s episode of Supernatural is “What Is and What Should Never Be.” Brande and Dana created this week’s podcast, and we are still looking for fans who are interested in contributing to podcasts in the future. Just leave a comment.

Be sure to check your local listings or tune in at video.cwtv.com for full episodes and director’s cuts.

We hope you enjoy this week’s podcast. Be sure to comment and let us know what you thought.

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Links mentioned in the podcast:
Barry McCabe: http://www.barrymccabe.com
Megaphone: http://www.megaphonemusic.net (”Stain” is featured at the end of the podcast)
Super-Wiki: http://www.supernatural.oscillating.net

Disclaimer: All audio clips do not belong to us. No copyright infringement intended.