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During the week before revealing, new members can get special gifts delivered to their home or at chapter (a uniform gift like a homemade sign, a plush animal mascot, a letter shirt, a pin pillow, a poem about friendship, etc.)
For revealing: A candle lighting ceremony is always pretty-- on revealing night have the "bigs" bring two matching candles, either home-made decorated, or in matching pretty votive holders. Add a tag with the new member's name to the appropriate candle and place the candles in the chapter room. When the new members arrive for revealing, show them to their candle and escort them outside. Light their candles. Once outside, they will be greeted by the sisters standing in a circle serenading them. The new members will walk in the inside of the circle. When the new member reaches her "Big," the big sister will hold out her unlit candle and the new member will light it. They will stand together until all the new members have been matched with their "Big." At the conclusion, everyone blows out her candles and comes inside for refreshments.
I'd encourage any gift-giving to take place off sorority property. This way, if one girl is getting tons of gifts and another isn't getting as many, there won't be any hurt feelings.
Steer clear of any kind of hunts, quests, or any sort of activity that might even be interpreted as your new members having to "prove themselves" or having your new members being considered separate from the chapter (IE: making them wear a uniform color, when initiates wear another color, etc.) Your university, state and possibly your GLO HQ could construe this as hazing. Don't take the chance of getting in trouble.
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