We're the second oldest local on our campus (NYU), and we've been struggling with membership for a while now... (Our last class over 2 people was my big's in fall '04, which had 5... since then it's been 2 (both graduated), 1 (our president), 1 (me), 2(our last class this past spring.)
BUT this fall we switched over to formal rush (I was recruitment chair) and we got 4 girls from recruitment, (which is usually impossible for us), snapped another girl, then COBed 2 more. Sadly a girl I really liked from our original 4 dropped due to worrying about her school work, but we still have 6 excited girls, 4 freshmen and 2 sophomores.
Now I'm just worried about making sure no one else drops! No one in the sorority is really into cute stuff like decorating bid cards, bid glasses, picture frames, etc. except for me... I LOVE that stuff and it might be lame, but I think it really endears girls to the sorority and keeps them into it even when they're stressed with school/work/etc. SO, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or ideas for me? What kinds of cute non ritual things do you do for you new girls? ANY idea is welcome!!
Congrats on everyone's recruitment!!! It seems it was a good fall for locals!