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Supernatural News: Fans Rock, and Conventions Are Coming!

September 11, 2007  Posted by Sarah at 10:57 AM

We've fallen behind in our reporting on Supernatural fan activity (and trust us, we'll be making that up to you soon), but this article caught our eye. It seems you Supernatural fans aren't content with creating fan art that knocks our socks off. No, you've got to go and help save the world, too.

A homeless shelter in the fictional Winchesters' very real hometown of Lawrence , Kansas , got a donation of more than $1,000 collected from Supernatural fans the world over. Another $1,000 went to SOS Children’s Villages, an international charity.

The donations were collected and organized through the website Fandom Rocks, and were spearheaded by Dana Stodgel of Champaign , Ill. , Rebecca Mawhinney of Canada and Brande Ruiz, of Grass Valley , Calif.

If you missed out on the first drive, fear not: The group is organizing a second drive, and you can vote on which Lawrence-area charity should get the donation.

With any luck, some of those fans will be able to meet the boys in person in November, when Jensen, Jared and others are scheduled to hit a Chicago-area convention. Assuming, of course, Jared's convention allergy doesn't act up...

We kid, we kid! We know Jared and Jensen have busy filming schedules, work all night, and basically put in superhuman hours to get our show done. Still, we hope the gods of filming scheduling, airline departures and fan appreciation are with us this time around. Come on, Jared, prove us wrong!

Oh well. Even if Jared and Jensen are too busy, we're excited to see some of the other scheduled guests: Samantha Ferris (the fabulous Ellen Harvelle), Fredric Lehne (our favorite incarnation of the Yellow-Eyed Demon outside of John Winchester himself) and Nicholas Brendon (who,we must admit, has nothing to do with Supernatural, but who still rocks for playing Xander on Buffy the Vampire Slayer) are also slated to attend. Are any of you planning on going?

From：http://weblogs.cw11.com/network/cwsource/

Supernatural 的消息︰Fans Rock，及大會將要來臨﹗

我們在報道有關於Supernatural 影迷們的活動過程中已經落後(並且相信我們，我們將為你們迎頭趕上)，但是這篇文章引起我們的注意。似乎Supernatural的影迷們並不滿足於我門迅速辦完建立影迷藝術短篇報導。不，你也必須繼續去幫助拯救世界。

一幫助無家可歸的機構在是一個真實的城市在勞倫斯，堪薩斯，得到從全世界的Supernatural影迷們募集超過1，000美元的一筆捐款。另外的1，000美元送去SOS孩子的村莊，一個國際慈善機構。

捐款透過有組織的網站Fandom Rocks被募集，並且被尚佩恩，伊芳利諾伊芳的黛娜Stodgel，加拿大和布蘭德‧魯伊芳斯，草山谷，加利福尼亞的麗蓓卡Mawhinney領先了

如果你錯失第一次參與公益的機會，不要擔心︰這個群體將組織第2次活動，並且你只要捐贈就能拿到勞倫斯地區的投票。

如果幸運的話，一些影迷們在11月份就能得到補償的親自見到這些男孩們了，當Jensen，Jared和其它人計畫出席一個芝加哥地區大會時。假設，當然，Jared的大會症候群不會太調皮...

我們是開玩笑的，我們是開玩笑的﹗我們知道Jared和Jensen正忙碌於拍攝行程表，整夜工作，並且基本上放入超人的時間來完成我們的影集。仍然，我們希望安排拍攝行程的神，航空公司啟動及影迷們在這次和我們一起欣賞。快點，Jared，證明我們是錯誤的﹗

噢，好吧。如果Jared和Jensen太忙，我們興奮去看見另一些嘉賓︰薩曼莎‧費裡斯(the fabulous Ellen Harvelle)，弗雷得力克‧萊納(我們除了約翰溫徹斯特他自己之外最愛的黃眼惡魔)和尼克勒斯Brendon(誰，我們必須承認，與Supernatural無關，但是誰仍然適合在Buffy上演奏Xander那些謀殺者吸血鬼)也準備參加。你們任何人準備要前往了嗎？

 ‘Supernatural’ fans help shelter

By George Diepenbrock  September 3, 2007

An “extraordinary” donation from a group of “Supernatural” television viewers has brought more than $1,000 for a Lawrence homeless shelter from benefactors across the world.

Fans of the CW network series “Supernatural” raised the funds on the Internet, partially to benefit the Lawrence Community Shelter, 214 W. 10th St .

“I’d imagine that (shelter director) Loring (Henderson) was very happy to find out that we were real people,” Dana Stodgel, a Fandom Rocks representative, quipped Sunday.

Stodgel, 30, drove to Lawrence on Saturday from her home in Champaign , Ill. , where she is a project and Web site coordinator at the University of Illinois . She presented a check for $1,023.11 to shelter board members during the noon meal at the Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen, 221 W. 10th St .

Stodgel, Rebecca Mawhinney of Canada and Brande Ruiz, of Grass Valley , Calif. , organized the drive through the Web site www.fandom-rocks.com. They wanted the charitable effort to have a Lawrence connection, just like the show, which features a fictional family from here.

They split total donations of more than $2,000 between the shelter and SOS Children’s Villages, an international charity.

Fans from 11 countries contributed, and the average donation was about $30, Stodgel said.

Henderson said the funding would be used mostly for job coaching of the shelter’s clients.

“I see it not only as a donation, but as a public education and outreach effort. It’s extraordinary,” he said.

Stodgel said Lawrence was different than she had imagined, as she toured the shelter with her 9-year-old son, Jack. She said the shelter’s operation impressed her.

“Fans are going to be very happy to know that our donation was chosen wisely,” Stodgel said.

This apparently won’t be the end of Fandom Rock’s generosity for Lawrence , as a second drive has begun, and fans can vote on which Lawrence organization to benefit

From：http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/sep/03/supernatural_fans_help_shelter/