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Old 05-29-2012, 09:15 PM
Chrysanthemum17 Chrysanthemum17 is offline
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Different Open Recruitment Events?

I'm in charge of Open Recruitment for my chapter. When I was assigned the position, most of the Spring activities had already been chosen, so all I had to do was implement them, which was awesome (and easy). I'm beginning to plan the fall events, and my problem is this - I've tried searching here and other websites, and most of the event suggestions are things like have a pizza/cupcake decorating/movie night/craft night, etc. These are the types of events we have tried in the past, and they do not seem to work on our campus for ANY of the chapters, as we seem to have a relatively strong divide between girls who want to be in sororities and girls who don't. This isn't to say there aren't a few girls on the edge, we picked up about 10 girls through informal this past Spring, which was awesome, but it's definitely a struggle.

I'm looking for suggestions for 'unique' or 'different' open recruitment ideas that we could hold - we already require everyone to be actively involved in an outside activity, and we strongly encourage girls to go to campus events, get our letters out there, etc. But since it seems that most of the girls who want to be in any sorority on our campus go through recruitment and either a) end up in a house they love, or b) decide its not for them, drop out, and have no interest in joining one ever, it's really difficult to get girls to attend the events. I feel a little overwhelmed (and discouraged, if we're being honest), so I guess I'm looking for guidance from the wise GreekChatters.

I'm sorry if this is all scrambled, I'm trying to organize my thoughts so they make sense but I'm not sure if I did a very good job. Any advice on event ideas or where to look, things to try, etc, would be fantastic. Thank you all so much!

ETA: We do have a house, and typically hold events in our house since we don't have to worry about reserving a room, etc, but it is a bit far away from all of the dorms. Could this be a factor why it's so hard to get girls to come? There's very little parking near the houses and it's a fair walk from several of the dorms.
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