The following site http://changedbyjorowling.inhonorofrowling.com/ has been doing an amazing project : collecting stories from the Harry Potter fans about how reading the books had an impact on their childhood or in their life in general. Hopefully Jo will have a read through them 
If you want to sumbit your own story , you can do so here: by clicking on the image below.
Dec 05, 2011 @ 18:26:00
Wow how did you get the snow on your site???