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Originally Posted by 33girl
Exactly...ask your former teachers, people you babysat for, people you worked for, neighbors...the list goes on. Even if they aren't Greek themselves, they may be friends/in touch with someone who is (this is especially true since Facebook).
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Absolutely check first with people you know. The way my group works is, typically, most members are comfortable doing a rec for someone they don't know personally IF:
1.) Someone in the group does know them and can vouch for them or
2.) They have the opportunity to communicate with the PNM first
Most of the girls we work with are ones who have exhausted every effort and just can't find recs for certain chapters. We've had a few who needed help with all chapters. It happens sometimes. Small towns, rural areas, local alumnae groups not responding or the Greeks they do find are in organizations that don't have chapters at the PNM's school.
Does your mom by chance have a FB page? I have several friends who went out on FB and said "Hey, any sorority alums out here? My daughter is rushing and needs recs!" They were quite surprised at how many of their friends were Greek and willing to help. You can ask on your FB too -- ask your friends if any of their family members are Greek.
But, my group is available and happy to help out -- we've gotten a lot of good feedback from people and have received compliments and support from alumnae groups who learned what we were doing. A friend and I started this group because so many girls in our community were having trouble finding recs for all the chapters at their schools. Initially we were just in the northern Atlanta, Georgia area, but we've expanded!
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