Crush party ideas & A couple other questions!

[loveZTA]

Hi everyone

I'm social chair for a chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha, and I was asked to put together a crush party around valentines day. I'm not 100% sure what crush parties really are, and honestly, I don't think my chapters ever had one (It's a small chapter, and the campus is tiny, too.) The thing is: almost all of the girls in my chapter have boyfriends, and their boyfriends have been pretty longterm, so they hate coming to stuff and they rarely participate in things that we would have them do. They're basically all in the same fraternity on campus.

I was thinking of doing a "Trust your sister" thing, where a sister would pull a name out of a hat or something like that and then have to pick a date for whoever she had. So basically, we're all trusting our sisters to pick the right date for us, and we wouldn't know until the party. It wouldn't be as fun for my chapter as it might be for others, simply because literally 80% of the girls have serious boyfriends, but for the single girls it might pose a good time. When they found out who their dates were, I was going to do kind of a dating show thing and introduce them .. and maybe handcuff them together? Ughhh, I don't know! So many ideas!

It has to be on campus, so no drinking.. I wanted to do a "Chicks & Hicks" theme because all the guys are into hunting and fishing, so I think they'd like that.

What I'm asking is for some ideas for things to do during the party, and also anything else you're willing to tip me off with.





ALSO: I need to incorporate this with a way to raise money for our philanthropy, which is breast cancer research and awareness. I don't think it needs to be done at the crush party, so maybe some ideas on valentine-themed ways to raise money? I'm blank on this. :\


Thanks so much to everyone who responds!