Alpha Week?

[mariapicone]

We do an "Alpha Week" and have like alpha buddies right after bid day to get to know our new members. We give them little presents each day and quotes and stuff about what a sorority means. Does anyone else do this? If so what are some of the things you give them/do during the week? Looking for some ideas. Thanks!

[perfectinpurple]

We do something similar. We have 3 weeks, with three different buddies, up until we have big/little reveal!

Something that my buddies did with me were take me out for ice cream, invite me over to the house to watch movies, take me out to dinner with other buddy groups (this one was great to meet not only other sisters, but also other girls in my pledge class), and go out for coffee. All of these are really low key events, which makes everyone feel more at ease and comfortable.

As far as gifts, we're really big about making our gifts for these weeks, although some girls buy their buddy gifts. Pencils and paper, painted clipboards, notebooks, flip-flops, etc. Anything is a good gift, it just shows the new member you care. We usually have themed gifts that go with our symbols (our colors, our motto, etc) and without revealing too much you can always say somthing like "This _______ reminds all of us in XYZ to be/do _________."

Hope some of this helps!

[33girl]

Some chapters have designated gifts (i.e. first day pens & pencils, second day t shirt etc). Whether you do that or not, be sure to set a monetary limit so no one gets in over their heads or tries to "compete" by giving pricier gifts.

[pearlbubbles]

We do an Alpha Week in my chapter. On Bid Day, our new members get Dolphin Sisters to bond with until they receive their Bigs.

During Alpha Week, the different classes each get a day to plan an activity for the chapter to do with the new members. It's all about all-house bonding.

Last Alpha Week (right around Valentine's Day) we did Sardines with the Seniors, Valentines/S'mores with the Juniors, Henna tattoos with the Sophomores, and Movie Night with the Freshmen.

Sometimes Dolphins give the girls presents, as well as the New Member Educator, but we save the Big Gift giving for Big/Little reveal week.