Help With Open Recruitment Ideas

[Drolefille]

Hope you don't mind the crash but some COB things we've done are:

Dinner before chapter (not in a house, on campus) - easy to get lots of sisters to go
Movie night at a sisters apartment
Cook out with a fraternity (that we were encouraged to 'bring a friend' to)
Visited "Crown Candy Kitchen" a local place that made old fasioned malts and homemade candy.

We made COB events any time there were a bunch of sisters and a potential new member. If a bunch of sisters were going somewhere, you were encouraged to invite people along. They didn't have to know that it was a COB event.

[DeltaEtaKP]

A couple of years ago, we had to COB hard, and had many events.
These included:
Phiesta (a party thrown for the Phis in the house--we encouraged them to bring friends)
Rush like a guy (our school has strict policies for women's recruitment including no food, whereas the men have food and games--we had buffalo wings and put-put)

Another chapter on our campus is in the process of COR on our campus currently, and they are hosting the following events (they accidently sent invites to some members of our chapter):
Cookie-decorating
Jack-o-Lantern carving
Open House
A dance

If you have just had formal recruitment, and have new Phis, these events are great fun for them. They help the girls grow closer, while being able to invite non-Greek friends. Make sure your Phis know how much they mean to you, and that they are a great addition to your chapter, and you are only trying to help them have more women in the chapter. What I'm saying, is don't take the focus off of them, because they may not understand why they are not "good enough." (I hope that comes across the right way).

Best of luck!!!