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Old 09-19-2006, 01:21 PM
adpiucf adpiucf is offline
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Here's some advice: When she buys her badge, get the guard that goes along with it. It's an extra safety clasp to keep the badge on your blouse (and to hold dangles if she has any honors or leadership positions)-- you'll thank me later when she tells you about all the girls who didn't pin theirs properly and are in tears searching for their badge on the front lawn after a serenade. The pin without the guard is well-made, but you have to secure it properly.

ETA: While the GiftMart has some great items, they can be a little more $$$ (part of the proceeds do benefit the Foundation which is great and everything b/c it goes to charitable donations and sorority trainings and development, but it is still more money than you'd spend elsewhere). You can collect stuffed lions at Target and present them as gifts for her room and buy letter shirts at the local Greek store near the campus more cheaply.

Also, get in touch with her Diamond Sister and arrange to send along a letter for her to read during initiation or a gift to open from you afterward. She'll be touched that you coordinated the effort.
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Old 09-19-2006, 02:28 PM
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Here's some advice: When she buys her badge, get the guard that goes along with it. It's an extra safety clasp to keep the badge on your blouse (and to hold dangles if she has any honors or leadership positions)-- you'll thank me later when she tells you about all the girls who didn't pin theirs properly and are in tears searching for their badge on the front lawn after a serenade. The pin without the guard is well-made, but you have to secure it properly.

ETA: While the GiftMart has some great items, they can be a little more $$$ (part of the proceeds do benefit the Foundation which is great and everything b/c it goes to charitable donations and sorority trainings and development, but it is still more money than you'd spend elsewhere). You can collect stuffed lions at Target and present them as gifts for her room and buy letter shirts at the local Greek store near the campus more cheaply.

Also, get in touch with her Diamond Sister and arrange to send along a letter for her to read during initiation or a gift to open from you afterward. She'll be touched that you coordinated the effort.

Cosign on the guard.

Target and Walmart are wonderful places to find lions. OMG I have found oodles from these two stores.

Absolutely love the idea of contacting her diamond sister. That is so sweet!
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Old 09-19-2006, 04:44 PM
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Here is my advise... at least with AGD badges...

guards... are not foolproof against losing a badge... I had this conversation with a sister last night that is on her third badge and she always had her guard remaining on her without the badge. (I know it could be human error, but...)

The more the badge cost the better the badge will stay. I have the highest costing badge (it was a 21st birthday present) and I have had no issue with the clasp. While others with the least expensive badge have repeatedly lost theirs.

I think that it would have been HIGHLY awesome to have had something from my parents at initiation. Maybe something with the crest, if she can't wear/have that before hand. Great Idea!
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Old 10-02-2006, 03:13 PM
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Yay!

Yay for Aggie Adpi! My chapter is so proud of our new girls, they are so amazing! Congrats!

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Old 10-14-2006, 10:21 AM
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I don't have a guard-guard with my pin, I do however have what we used to call the "bubble guard" that comes with the pin. It looks like a tiny Hershey kiss.
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Old 12-17-2006, 03:44 AM
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TexasMom, I am Aggie ADPi AC 06 too! Tell your daughter that her Yankee sister says hi!
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Old 01-25-2007, 05:59 PM
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Just read the thread and started crying. My daughter is rushing now at a University in NC ( my alma mater ) and she has to pick her 2 favorites tonight after 3rd round. I hope the ADPi's ( that's my chapter!!) want her back. They are her 1st choice. It will kill me if she gets cut. I am a nervous wreck..
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