We called it active surprise. Usually dinner (or some sort of food) was involved but we didn't do skits. One year the pledges had us meet at the new park on campus, told us they had bought us a brick in the sidewalk (with our letters on it) and gave us all christmas stockings with our names on them, filled with candy. Another year, they got us rocking chairs, candy, and did something else, I can't remember. One year they bought a cdplayer/radio for the house, another was a photo/room divider thing. When I was a pledge, we broke into teams with the actives and did a scavenger hunt. (I was suprised at how into it they were! Boy were they competitive!) I blanking on the specifics of what else we did, I'll post them if I remember.
But I want to add that the pledges were not allowed to pay for any of the items (gifts, food, etc.) with their own money. There was money in our budget set aside for active surprise, around $300 I think.
HAVE FUN!! And welcome to Chi Omega!
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