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11-13-2006, 03:13 PM
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My Gamma Sig pledge class went camping as our retreat. We had a cabin and had so much fun. The actives went with us, but left at 11. Then our pledge class and pledge class "mom" stayed up all night talking and bonding. It was a lot of fun.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
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11-13-2006, 03:21 PM
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We did a retreat in one of those religious run "camps" that consists of a big building with a center room and then seperate bedrooms. The downside of this was that one time some guys got it in their head to follow a couple new members out and "take them home" because they supposedly had called and asked them to.
In fact they'd actually tried to keep the guys from even knowing where the retreat was but someone let it slip. We called the sheriff and I think they actually arrested the guys (who were drunk)
Though that was just a story I wanted to tell, at all of these we've bonded so much. This is new members and actives together, and the stories we've told over the bonfires about our lives are what helped make us so close as sisters.
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11-13-2006, 03:27 PM
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Ours was new members & actives together as well. Our retreat was for a whole weekend so the camp we stayed at just shut & locked the gate to the camp at night so there weren't any random people wandering around.
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11-13-2006, 04:10 PM
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One thing you could do is have a huge breakfast prepared for the new members, complete with all types of syrup and donuts, and pancakes, and bacon and all that good stuff. After each member has made a plate, instruct them that the person sitting next to them has to feed them. No one is allowed to touch their own utensils, napkins, or food. It's frustrating but will break some boundaries and unite the new members in a huge "WTF?" moment.
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11-13-2006, 04:16 PM
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Cute idea, but being fed your meal could be seen as a little "out there" ...
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11-13-2006, 07:16 PM
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at the end of the last retreat i went to, we had a U-Rock (pretty similar to giving someone snaps at a meeting) and at the end of each session, the owner of the rock acknowledges someone who rocked for that session. repeat throughout the retreat, and eventually it becomes tradition.
i passed this on to my RA staff last year and it was pretty catchy.
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