Movies on Bid day

[phoenix16]

A bid week activity my chapter did when I was a new member was a "sister scavenger hunt." There were fun facts about sisters around the room and as teams, we had to try to match the facts to the sisters. It got us to talk to all of the sisters and we struck up conversations about common interests and random connections we had. I instantly started to feel connected because I learned about the other new members and the active sisters while playing a game and having fun!

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by phoenix16

A bid week activity my chapter did when I was a new member was a "sister scavenger hunt." There were fun facts about sisters around the room and as teams, we had to try to match the facts to the sisters. It got us to talk to all of the sisters and we struck up conversations about common interests and random connections we had. I instantly started to feel connected because I learned about the other new members and the active sisters while playing a game and having fun!

Your description sounds like a matching game, not a scavenger hunt. The game you played connected sisters socially for the betterment of house unity.

Our era featured scavenger hunts where female pledges (remember those?) walked from frat house to frat house requesting very specific items such as their 1970 frat house composite, a used condom or a frat house president's signature on a pledge's bare thigh. THAT'S the type of scavenger hunt the NPC now asks us to avoid.

[summer_gphib]

Depending on the number of girls, what about a game day with a nacho bar? Games where you could have teams, and put girls who don't each other as well on teams together. (Along the lines of Trivia games and other board games.) I'm assuming it's pretty cold up north for a field day or bbq.

[CeresGirl]

Originally Posted by summer_gphib

Depending on the number of girls, what about a game day with a nacho bar? Games where you could have teams, and put girls who don't each other as well on teams together. (Along the lines of Trivia games and other board games.) I'm assuming it's pretty cold up north for a field day or bbq.

Usually, it's chilly and somewhat wet on bid day, this next year they're talking about moving it up *fingers crossed* a typical bid day for us was taking a ton of photos, then lunch (while everyone is eating we write the new members social media up on the board and people start adding each other) Then we take the new members upstairs to talk about pledge class and other logistics, usually everyone is leaving and cleaning up by then. Our "dining room" only seats around 30% of our chapter and the rest of us take up the floor and stand around the island in the kitchen so it's not really that inviting to want to stick around.

I would like to get the girls to stay longer and interact with their new sisters. Unless we're outside or rent a venue we're going to half to split up into two groups, one upstairs and one downstairs for team building.