Help with a new member pin!

[33girl]

You mean the sisters keep their NM pins after they're initiated? So they have a NM pin and a sister pin?

Tell your pledgemistress, she should be able to get you a new one.

[adpiucf]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Tell your pledgemistress, she should be able to get you a new one.

What she said. The new member pins are not as $$$ as the initiates' badges. They may have extras or she can help you order a new one. Defintely go through her!!!

[AChiOhSnap]

Honestly, I wouldn't worry too much. It happens. I think people lose or break their NM pins all the time, they're usually not as secure or as sturdy as your actual badge. Just ask your chapter president (or whoever is in charge of the ordering of the badges) to order you an extra NM pin to replace your Sapphire sister's lost one the next time she places an order for badges/NM pins/guards. You can offer to pay if it makes you feel better, but they're so inexpensive that they might just tell you not to worry about it.

You also sounded a little bit worried that your Sapphire sister would be mad that it was HER pin you lost. Frankly, I don't know anyone who's too attached to their NM pin... I don't think it's all that big of a deal

[KSUViolet06]

We bulk order all that stuff at the beginning of the year. If somebody loses or breaks their NM pin, we just give them a new one. Just tell your new member educator and she should know where to get you another one.

Now when you are initiated, be more careful with your actual badge. It's much more expensive and more difficult to replace. I think everyone here has once had an "Oh my God WHERE IS MY BADGE?!" moment. It's not fun.

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

We bulk order all that stuff at the beginning of the year. If somebody loses or breaks their NM pin, we just give them a new one. Just tell your new member educator and she should know where to get you another one.

Now when you are initiated, be more careful with your actual badge. It's much more expensive and more difficult to replace. I think everyone here has once had an "Oh my God WHERE IS MY BADGE?!" moment. It's not fun.

I'll go one better than that. The newly initiated (in my chapter, I do not speak for all) don't get badges straightaway, they have to be ordered, so we use our 'mom''s badges instead. Except my sister-sister (we have the same mom) lost our mom's badge in between initiation and receiving her own. I'm personally surprised I haven't lost mine yet actually.
Wish I could have kept my NM pin, I really liked it.

[jon1856]

While SAE's pledge pins ( yes, I will still use that term ) in my day did not have any place to mount a guard, the active ones did/do.

I would strongly suggest getting a guard for pin. Mine has been saved by the guard once or twice.