Help with Bid/Pledge Day!

[philambutk]

I'm one of the founding mothers of the University of Tennessee chapter of Sigma Phi Lambda, and we're starting to makes plans for our very first Rush week in the fall. Phi Lamb doesn't cut any PNM who meets our basic requirements (female Christian attending church and Bible study regularly), so I can't anticipate a number of pledges we will have.

We've basically got everything out except Pledge Day, which is the same as what PanHellenic sororities call Bid Day (since we give bids to basically everyone, we changed it to Pledge Day). What elements should we include so that girls used to the idea of the social sorority will feel comfortable with us? From pictures on Facebook, I've seen that it's usually a dressy event at a nice house with a garden, and the pledges get t-shirts and bags and other things like that. What goes on outside the scope of the pictures, though? (I know there may be secret aspects which you can't share. I'm not asking for specifics: just general ideas!)

Thanks so much!!