i would suggest not doing the scrapbooks as early as the second round of rush. the rushees are probably still visiting a whole lot of houses, and at that stage it's more important to make sure they feel like they know some girls at your house, which is best accomplished by talking and making introductions. my sorority doesn't do the power-point show until the round before prefs, in which the rushees only visit 3 houses. the theme of that night is "sisterhood" (at all the houses) so the slide show is appropriate. just make sure not to overdo it (make it too lengthy) because while that sort of thing is a real hoot for the girls in the house, you have to keep perspective and realize it can be not that exciting for a bunch of girls who don't really know any of you guys.
i would definitely suggest trying to make your philanthropy personal to the rushees. you can do it without being overly dramatic... just have everybody sit down and your philanthropy chair (or maybe even a sister who has had a family member w/ altzheimers) stand before the group and talk for 2 or 3 minutes about how your sorority raises money to support research (or whatever)... talk about your various service events and how you get the campus involved... you could say something like, "i'm sure a lot of you know someone who's dealt with altzheimers..." because probably a good number of them do, and it will mean a lot to those rushees.
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