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Originally Posted by KLPDaisy
You're an ADPi. When chapters ask you to volunteer your time or services to help them out, you have some sort of duty or obligation to the sorority to help out. Why would a mother with a full-time job who isn't an ADPi, or maybe even not a member of a sorority at all for that matter, want to spend time cleaning her daughter's sorority house?
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I would definitely not be asking parents (or alumnae) to come and clean their daughter's sorority house. Thats why we budget for maids! These days parents are very involved in their children's lives and more often than not are the ones paying for their daughter's dues. All I want to do is provide the parents an outlet so they can see what greek life is about and have the opportunity to help the women in a positive way. As Tom mentioned, a lot of parents are clueless as to what sorority life entails and sometimes dont understand what their money goes to. With a parents club they get to see first hand what the sorority does for their daughters.
Furthermore its a great marketing tool for GLOs. We often tend to market ourselves only in the Greek arena and not think twice about what non-greeks think of us. Getting parents involved could mean great things in the long term - moms talk and Mom A is involved in the parents club and knows Mom B whos daughter is starting school in the fall and thinking of rushing...etc etc