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Roses and thorns never worked for our chapter, either, and we turned it into a candlelighting at the end of meeting, where you held the candle, said something wonderful about a sister, and passed it to her, and it would make its way around the room. Lotta melted wax. You could do this in groups if there are a lot of people.
What did work: Make your own sundae night! Forget diets. The promise of free ice cream kept a lot of people motivated to stay till the end of chapter. The other one that was very popular was the chapter meeting where we had greekwear for sale. Orders were taken at the end of the meeting. With the surge of companies internet, there are so many more ways to order nowadays, but still-I think nothing beats the clothing sitting right there in front of you to touch and of course, buy!
If you have a large chapter, you might want to see if your national merchandising arm will send you a package of goodies to be sold. They'll send you a giant box of so many frames, t-shirts, fleeces, flip flops, stationery items, etc. That way, the stuff is for sure officially licensed from your GLO. You send back what does not sell. No one has to pay shipping, of course, which is an added bonus.
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