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07-25-2007, 08:29 PM
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You realllllllly need to try to have it off-site. That alone will create a better mood.
Try to find a book of icebreakers and team building activities at a bookstore or online.
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07-25-2007, 08:33 PM
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And what is the point of the retreat? Sisterhood? Rush preparation? How many members are we talking about? A chapter I advised had a really great retreat with about 20 girls at a beach house. It would be tougher with larger numbers.
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07-25-2007, 08:36 PM
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Ok, go to a retreat center. They're cabins with bunkbeds and a big open meeting room or two for you to use. Do fun bonding activities and serious bonding ones. Playing "all my sisters who" is fun. Playing "the newlywed game" with bigs and littles is fun. Having the whole chapter (try to ) learn a dance that you do at recruitment is fun. Bonfires, fun.
Candlepasses, serious bonding. writing something that you're ready to get rid of on a piece of paper and throwing it into the fire is serious bonding.
(AND STOP POSTING THIS EVERYWHERE. )
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07-25-2007, 08:49 PM
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Pillow fight?
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07-25-2007, 09:20 PM
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Well, my chapter loved to go camping...granted, it was camping on the beach...
We used to play a game that was a great way to get to know your sisters. Everyone writes down on a piece of paper, anonymously, one thing about themselves that they don't think anyone else in the room knows. All the pieces of paper go in a hat/pillowcase, and everyone takes turns picking one piece out and reading it to the chapter. Everyone tries to guess which person wrote which fact. Usually it's really funny and brings out new sides of people that you never knew about.
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07-25-2007, 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB
Well, my chapter loved to go camping...granted, it was camping on the beach...
We used to play a game that was a great way to get to know your sisters. Everyone writes down on a piece of paper, anonymously, one thing about themselves that they don't think anyone else in the room knows. All the pieces of paper go in a hat/pillowcase, and everyone takes turns picking one piece out and reading it to the chapter. Everyone tries to guess which person wrote which fact. Usually it's really funny and brings out new sides of people that you never knew about.
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We JUST did that at my chapter retreat this past weekend!
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07-25-2007, 10:45 PM
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Ropes course?
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07-26-2007, 03:27 PM
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Those are great ideas!!!
Theres 60 girls
we live on farms... (not as good as on a beach!!)
its a bonding retreat!
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07-25-2007, 11:49 PM
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Quote:
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We used to play a game that was a great way to get to know your sisters. Everyone writes down on a piece of paper, anonymously, one thing about themselves that they don't think anyone else in the room knows. All the pieces of paper go in a hat/pillowcase, and everyone takes turns picking one piece out and reading it to the chapter. Everyone tries to guess which person wrote which fact. Usually it's really funny and brings out new sides of people that you never knew about.
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We did for our retreat....but we played this game in Bingo form. So it had each fact about sisters and you had to fill the bingo form.
To the OP: maybe i'm confused, but if your trying to have a "bonding retreat" why are you worried about something to do with the fraternities? Don't worry about the boys....just focus on your sisters. IMHO, Alcohol shouldn't determine whether you have a good time or not.
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07-26-2007, 12:06 AM
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Capture the flag? IF it's on campus, do a campus-wide scavenger hunt (with a rule of NO CARS so there will be no risk management issues). Spa activities? Crafts? Themed movie time? Plan to write a new ritual or rediscover an old one. Or just make ritual part of it. That can make it more meaningful to everyone.
Perhaps you could set aside some time to take everyone off-campus for an organized activity, like a team-building ropes course, hiking, horseback riding, reserve a private room at a restaurant and have a sisterhood dinner.
End the retreat with an awards ceremony with paper plate awards and silly superlatives.
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