[SigmaNuHX766]

The way our chapter does the big/lil gift for initiation is this:

The meeting before pinning, the chapter gets together and decides who the big brothers will be (usually cut and dry... if you bid 'em, they're your little). The big bros then have 2 weeks to submit $25 to pay for their little's first set of letters and a sport jersey.

The stuff is ordered, shipped, and delivered a few weeks before initiation after we vote to initiate the candidates, and we "present the letters" at our dinner after initiation.

It used to be a "you can do it if you want to" thing, but now it's a chapter tradition, and has been for some time.