Encourage Each Other
I talked to a girl from the Alpha Chapter last night. They are having some problems she said with low morale and low numbers. One usually equals the other. They aren't having fun and things are getting harder and harder for them! So I talked to my president and everyone in our chapter is going to write a letter to their chapter with encouraging thoughts and words to help them through this tough time. Just some info that backs this story up:
My chapter was there two or three years ago. When Ijoined people were turning in their badges because they weren't having fun and they hated how business like it was. After some time we as new members saw this and weren't standing for it. In the end we realized that we had no fun because we weren't letting ourselves! Our advisor saw things differently than we did, so in the end she stepped down. Since then we have a new advisor who has put spirit back into us. She encourages us and lets us make our own decisions about the chapter even if she doesn't agree she would rather us learn a lesson than try and tell us what we can and cannot do. She is patient and endearing to us. That changed everything. Last fall we had 20 women returning after everyone went alum. On a campus where most houses have 70 or more that was tough! We now have 42 members (and growing!). We are expecting at least 20 through rush! There are women who want to COB AGD because they don't want to be anything but an Alpha Gam. We have other chapters tell us they are jealous of how close our chapter is! We took that time that was hardest and developed it into sisterhood time. We bonded with each other and that shines through to the women coming through. We are rising on our campus and by next spring should be as big as the other sororities on campus!
I know how the women at Alpha must feel. It is hard being on alert or probation. Because you feel like you are being punished when you are working so hard for your chapter. Please, I ask you to encourage them right now. They need our love and support. And also, if you know of any other chapters that are having a difficult time for what ever reason, send them an encouraging letter. I think we may make it a tradition that every month we write letters to a different chapter telling them about us and telling them what AGD means to the women of Theta Iota.
Love and Loyalty, Sarah
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"...and love her for her womanhood."
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