Good VS Bad New Member Activity Ideas

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Inspired by a recent thread, I invite all sorority women to add their ideas onto this thread regarding good ideas for new member programs versus bad ideas you should avoid. I'll ask the guys to refrain from posting, as fraternities have a different view on new member education than sororities.

Thanks!

GOOD IDEAS
- Song Camp (initiated members come into new member each week to teach a new song)
- New Member Awards (each week, new members are nominated for simple spirit awards, putting a face to the name for the older sisters!)
- Getting all new member education planning and activities approved in writing by exec board and your national office.
- New Member Mailboxes (using a manila envelope, a recent photo and collage materials, the new members create a special "mailbox" that is hung in the chapter room. Members contribute notes each week and the new member checks her mailbox for these small inspirations!)
- Treat them like peers, not like cattle and not like 5 year olds. They are adults. So are you. Act like one.



BAD IDEAS
- Blindfolding or enforced silence
- Keeping dates of initiation or activities secret
- Calling new members in the middle of the night or forcing them to wear special attire that the other initiated members are not required to wear (obviously, new members wear a new member pin; initiated members have an initiated member badge. I'm more talking about requiring them to constantly wear their hair in a bow and wear all pink for a week, etc.)
ETA: Anything that could even be construed as a scavenger hunt, as it against NPC policy. (Yes, we used to be able to do them, but too many abused the privilige with sadistic motives and now, scavenger hunts or anything that looks like a scavenger hunt are not allowed in the national sororities).
Other ideas?