NPC Bonding

[KSUViolet06]

I think our Panhellenic does a good job of encouraging unity between us.

Our Panhellenic Council had All Panhellenic socials each month. Each one was held at a different sorority house and had a different theme/activity. For example, one month, we had knitting lessons at Delta Zeta. The next month was Valentine card making (for the local children's hospital) at Alpha Xi Delta.

To encourage attendance, the sorority with the most attendance at all of the socials got a pizza party at the end of the year.

In addition to this, each year we have a Panhellenic cookout the week before classes start. It is held at a different sorority house every year and each sorority is responsible for bringing an item (i.e. Alpha Phi would bring drinks, Chi O would bring burgers, etc).

These events were good for us because for once we could all just hang out without being in competition. It sounds cheesy, but some of my best friends in college were girls I met at All Sorority events.

[Drolefille]

Each of our sororities had a philanthropy week, and all the chapters helped each other out and/or participated in the week depending on the activities. For our week the presidents of each chapter would help judge our male pageant and everyone would buy raffle tickets etc.

We generally got along even if there were rivalries in competitions. The KDs always helped us out by volunteering for a memorial walk for one of our founding sisters who died. This let all of the SKs walk in the event.

[ForeverRoses]

We had dinner-swaps where once a month 6 women from one house would go to another house for dinner (and we would host 6 women from the other house). We also did that with the fraternities. Oh, and one year we hosted a "Pi" party where all of the sororities and fraternities with "Pi" in their name were invited.

[33girl]

I think one of our chapters used to have a Panhellenic lock-in at the Panhellenic dorm where all the sororities lived (each had a floor). You would need to tweak this, however, depending on chapter size.

[PeppyGPhiB]

When I was on Panhellenic exec, I started a "Pan Pals" program where each semester we'd get paired up with another sorority and encouraged to do a group activity. It was up to the social chairs within the two chapters to plan something for the big group, be it a beach day, a slumber party, philanthropy event, etc. It was up to the groups to follow through, but we enjoyed it. I don't know if the program has continued, though.