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I would suggest finding out why these women are becoming unhappy with their experience.
Is it because they feel like they aren't connected? Get a group of women to work on continually making the new member feel involved - whether it's asking her to go to a movie, come over for dinner (if there's a house), offering to pick them up for events. Even if they have a big, it's good to show them that more than just one sister cares - that everyone cares about her and sees her as a valuable member of the chapter.
Another possibility might be that they feel overcommitted to too many things. If you have any members that are active members of the chapter who are in a similar position, have them explain different ways in which they manage not only time for the chapter, but also time for other things and still manage to have time for themselves.
If they feel like too much is going to be expected out of them, explain that while yes, there will be some time commitment involved, they don't HAVE to do every single thing. Not that I'm encouraging them to skip mandatory events, but that some events are probably optional. Another important part to stress is that as everyone knows you get out of it, what you invest into it.
Above all stress to them why they personally are an asset to the chapter, and that they aren't just a number. They were invited to join because the women thought they would be able to add something to the group as a whole.
Another thing to think about in the future is possibly having some kind of system where continual contact is made with the new members right after they join. I don't mean call them every day or stalk them, but keep them aware of what's going on. One of my twinstars (we had two members who took us under their wing of sorts on bid day) called me every week when I lived out of house to make me aware of what was going on within the chapter, reminded me of things I needed to be at, offered to come pick me up for different things like new member meetings, even offered to take me to the library when she went to study.
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