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I would say the first step is tracking them all down. If you have some alumnae who are missing, who have moved, who are no longer in contact, attempt to find them. They'll be happy to know you thought enough about them to locate them.

Something that one of our Liaison's did was to map out all of our family trees. Everyone knew about a few people above them and a few people below, but they didn't know much more than that. She sent out the completed family trees to all of the actives and alumnae so that they could contact each other and keep in touch. In addition to the Alumnae Liaison conversing with alumnae, all of the sisters took an active part in communicating with the members in their family tree.

Have an alumnae day. Invite all of the alumnae. Fill the day with activities. You could have a dinner for everyone to attend, and make the rest of the day an option, so to speak. Do a philanthropy in the morning and invite alumnae to participate.

Or.. if you have a lot of alumnae in the area who have children, put on an event for Halloween or Easter where the kids all dress up and have candy hunts. You could even charge for the event, or ask for donations, and all of the money can go to your philanthropy.

Another idea... At an event where a lot of alumnae will be (formal, alumnae day, etc.), present an award to an alumnae member. Have an award for an advisor (if you have more than one) and another one for an alumna who has dedicated her time/effort/money to the chapter.