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Old 10-08-2008, 02:36 PM
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Event Ideas

Hello all my lovely sisters,

On my campus, all of the organizations do big events to raise money for their philanthropies. Our chapter is still semi-new, so we are looking to start an event as well. I was wondering if any one could help us with ideas.
Some of the events the other chapters do are:
*American Idol
*Deal or No Deal
*NEXT
*Lip Sync
*Big Man On Campus

Any ideas for this, or little events would be helpful. Thanks in advance!

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Old 10-08-2008, 03:23 PM
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Going off of events that the sororities do on my campus:

us ASTs put on a Mr. and Miss PSB Pageant
ASA has a date auction
Theta Phis have "Pie a Theta Phi" where they simply charge a dollar for anyone wanting to put a pie in their face (the pies are just whipped cream so they actually make money)

Another thing that I heard one chapter did (I can't remember where this was)... they kind of did little street performances all around campus. One person played the guitar... a couple others mimed... a few more played "drums" on buckets... a couple more put on little skits... or told jokes... or danced... or put on little guessing games where people would donate a dollar to play, but if they won, they'd get two dollars back (things like having the GLO member guess their age, or guess within 4 letters of the first letter of the person's name, etc.)... they did numerous things. They left buckets in front of each of them with a sign asking people to donate money for their philanthropy. It sounds really cute and fun, and I guess they made a lot of money off of it (because it was absolutely no cost to them!)

In addition to large events, try to look for simple donations throughout the school year. If you can, have people collect money during large events like Greek week or Homecoming.

Another thing that my chapter does is that at every meeting we pass around a piggy bank (and yes, it is actually a big that we've decorated!) and the sisters put any loose change that they have into the pig. Once the last 6 weeks of the semester hits (either early November or mid-March) the girls discuss what they would like to use that money for. Sometimes they donate it to the national philanthropy, or they might use it for something like Toys for Tots at Christmas.
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Old 10-08-2008, 06:48 PM
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Is there a specific time of year you're looking to do your big project? I have some ideas, but they work better depending on the season and such.... I'll send ya a PM.
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Old 10-08-2008, 08:17 PM
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The philanthropies I've seen put on are mainly sport-related. Here are some ideas:

Poker Tournament
Putt Putt/Mini Golf Tournament
Home Run Derby
3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
Pool/Billiards Tournament

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Old 10-09-2008, 08:57 PM
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I think guys always like sports related events.

We had a home run derby called Frats-At-Bat but then changed to Xi League.

Could also do:
1) flag football
2) some kind of dinner
3) Xi-Man (a lot of chapter do this event)
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Old 10-10-2008, 08:13 PM
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Hi! A Paint Ball Tournie is always fun, also Xi Water Wars. Or Fuzzie Water Wars depending what you guys are known by on campus. That was awesome fun on our campus.
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