[AOII Angel]

I think the best idea is to make a list of items that can be given and let the Big Sis get them any way she can. Having the chapter provide them means that she has to come up with cash, which may limit participation. If she can just provide certain items, then she can recycle (I did that with my third Little), buy items at the Dollar Store, craft, etc to reasonably make gifts for her Little. It doesn't HAVE to cost an arm and a leg. If some one wants to give more, it should be done very privately. We had specific days during Big/Lil week with specific things we could give. It worked out well...of course this was back in the days when we went crazy. It could be pared down more and enforced more rigorously. Remove any items not on the list. The only shirt we could give was for reveal so families would all match. (Disclosure: I spent hundreds of dollars on each of my littles and was THAT Big Sis.)