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I started asking trivia questions at the end of meeting every week. The first person to answer got a "reward." They were never very expensive but something they wanted----like iron on letters, a rose candle or some knick-knack with letters. Once they realised what was happening, they started working to learn the information and came every week to see what the question was. Even the initiated members wanted to particiate and so we did a separate one for them----helped them brush up on their knowledge too!
As for Inspiration Week, our bigs gave us something every day. One day it had to do with pink roses, the next bears,then our colors, the symphony, the quilll, the crest, etc. We had to go to the house each day to get them, there wasn't any way to get them otherwise. Once we were there, there were always sisters doing things together or went out for pizza, etc. People were creative and it was amazing to see all the things from day to day--and you couldn't take them home until after initiation! All that was considered your initiation gift from your big and she of course could give you something on the big day too. One of the ideas I liked was the charm bracelet given. There was of course the bracelet and every day a charm with one of the symbols. The last charm was one engraved with the initiation date. As beautiful as it turned out, it was the notes that went along with the charms each day that meant the most.
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