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We did a great activity with a chapter consultant that really worked well for us. Get the chapter in a circle, and get a ball of string/yarn (yarn would probably be easiest). The first individual starts by saying something nice about one of the other sisters- encourage everyone to say something to an individual they may not talk to all the time. Once they say something nice, they toss her the string. The next sister tosses the yarn to another sister (who hasn't had it yet) and says something nice about her. Continue until you cover the entire chapter. The web shows you you're all connected as sisters, and share a bond unknown to anyone else. And, remind sisters how awesome it would be to make the web bigger and incorporate more women- getting them excited for recruitment.

This was a great exercise for my chapter pre-recruitment, and really helped to bond us. It also lead into some great discussion on how we could encourage getting to know each other better, so the entire chapter gets some input on it.

I vaguely remember trying to untangle it to form a circle... but I'm not sure if that's a figment of my imagination or not!