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National decided we were not recruitment competitive on many levels, but we'd take them on our shortfalls individually.
The first one we tackled was our house. It just didn't shine like the Posh or Scary house. One of the other new members had a mother who was an interior designer – she shuddered when she entered the house. Oh, yes – that ancient black flocked, metallic silver paper HAD TO GO! Also, the TV, couch and club chair - BAAAAAD. Under the carpet – beautiful hardwood floors. Then we needed to paint and update the chapter room, bathrooms (strip wallpaper again) and kitchen and replace all the light fixtures. Our house committee wrote letters to alumni, parents and National. We actually started getting donations.
Our Pledge project was to strip that hideous wallpaper off the entry hall and replace it with a faux paint surface. Then, some alums and parents donated nicer couches, rugs, chairs and a TV! (I don't remember if they were new, but they were better than we had before.) After we had stripped off all the wallpaper, the painters came in and painted the chapter room during the Holiday break, the hardwood floors were refinished – by Spring Break, we had a different house – it was amazing!
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