Looking for philanthropy and pref round ideas...
 

We need a new pref. ceremony and a new philanthropy project for recruitment at my school. Here are the ones I know about and don't want to do:

Philanthropy:
comfort bunny
photo frame
play house
tote bags
chalkboard kites

Pref:
the wildflower thing
anything with candles
tying bows on the kite

Any other ideas out there???

Hi there, kiteflyerzl-
My chapter has not a philanthropy project for recruitment since I went through 3 years ago, so I can't help you much there.

As far as preferece ideas...:
WE use the Believe in Theta video
We have been using the Wildflower ceremony for a couple years...
Have you seen the poem "I was at me best" It's posted on the Theta Nat'l site, once you log in and is under recruimtent poems...We do it as a popcorn poem...
I can't think of anything else, besides what you have already mentioned...
Good luck with finiding ideas!

During our pref round my senior year, the recruitment chair put out pre-cut out kites (from poster-board) and all kinds of glitter and ribbons and whatnot a few days before pref. Each active decorated a kite, adding important things to them (i.e., mine was green and gold, our school colors, because I was the school mascot). Then all the kites were hung from the ceiling, and they gave a little speech about how everyone was unique, but were all still kites... I wish I could explain it better, but it was very, very cool... the kites looked very pretty all hanging together, and gave us something to talk about with our rushee.

For preference we actually do the wildflower ceremony and the tying a ribbon on the kite thing. We also play the "believe in Theta video." Also the initial girl that prefs the PNM, writes her a letter just for her (odds are that is that Theta's "rush crush" so they know each other well). After the letter is read the Rusher/Theta will continue to talk abotu how much Theta means to her. After the Believe in Theta video is played, a second preffer (dont know if that is a word) will also come up to that designated girl also reading a letter that she has wrote to her, and again telling the PNM how much Theta has touched her life. Also all members get into a circle which goes around the room. Usually the Rush chair starts it off and she'll say " My name is Ashley, and I like to read." The girl next to her will say "My name is Mary. I also like to read (then she holds hands with Ashley) and I like sports." Then the next person will say "My name is Susan, I also like sports (takes the hand of Mary), and I work at Express. this continues going all around the room ending with the president saying her name and I love Kappa Alpha Theta. Thus showing that we all have different interests, but we are all linked together through Theta.
Let me see what else......oh yeah during the ribbon tying on the kite, a couple of girls stand under our lighted arch that we use and sing "Theta Way." We sing collectively another song during the preference ceremony but i forget the name of it ! :( Then as the PNM's are being escorted out and hugged bye by the member who preffed her, we sing "There's a kite called Theta Kite" Our preference is about an hour long. I know you dont like some of what we do but maybe some of the other ideas will help you :).