Gamma Iota Sigma
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Program and Fund-Raising IdeasI.
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SELF-AWARENESS AND DEVELOP LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL
Ø How to write a resume, How to interview Ø Job placement seminar - "How to Get a Job" Ø Graduate School Workshop Ø Time Management Lecture Ø Senior Burn-Out lecture Ø Self-Defense Workshop Ø Publish a bibliography of Insurance Careers Ø Crime Prevention Workshop II.
INCREASE VISIBILITY OF GAMMA IOTA SIGMA Ø Dessert/Party with Alumni Ø Alumni Newsletter Ø Wine and Cheese party with Alumni Ø Student Voter Registration Drive Ø Distribute Voter pamphlets and encourage Voter participation Ø Sponsor a socially significant movie Ø Forum on election issues Ø Evening with University President (or College Dean) Ø Dean's Reception Ø Opportunities Handbook for freshman Ø Parents weekend Ø T-shirts Ø Campus Information Booth Ø Work basketball concession stands Ø Gamma Iota Sigma on Board Day - information about campus
organization Ø Transfer Student Orientation Ø Favorite Professor banquet Ø Tutoring of freshman students Ø "College Book" Ø Breakfast series - sponsor breakfast for various campus
professors Ø Campus debate on nuclear power or other political issues Ø Work with Admissions Department in recruitment of students Ø Leadership workshop for freshman Ø Leadership seminar at area high schools Ø Campus Christmas tree Ø Sponsor Parents Day Ø Gamma Iota Sigma Showcase display in campus union Ø Finals book markers - provide finals schedule for campus Ø Design bookmarkers with information on local Gamma Iota Sigma
fraternity. Ø Have campus bookstores distribute at checkout counters or stuff
inside books or bags. III.
OTHER SERVICE PROJECT IDEAS Ø Christmas party for disadvantaged children or retarded children Ø Red Cross campus blood drive Ø Paint and renovate old house for low income family or senior
citizen Ø UNICEF Christmas Cards Ø Elderly programs (movies, music, cook or clean) Ø Work at house for juvenile children, battered women, etc. Ø Fishing day for veterans at a Veteran's Hospital Ø CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) Clinic Ø Campus tours guides Ø Ushers at commencement exercises or other university functions Ø Dance marathon for Muscular Dystrophy Ø Guinness Book of World Records project Ø Old clothes drive Ø Zoo trip for retarded children Ø Purchase books for school libraries Ø Assist with university orientation Ø Donate a tree to campus or Senior Citizen Ø Thanksgiving dinner for a needy family Ø Take handicapped children to a baseball game Ø Answer phones to help raise money for public television Ø Play cards at rest homes Ø Plant flowers on campus or in the community (elderly?) Ø Door-to-door canvassing for Cancer Fund IV.
CHAPTER INTERACTION IDEAS Ø Christmas caroling at faculty homes Ø Hayrides Ø Ice skating Ø Bike races Ø Participate as group in Homecoming events V. FUND RAISING Ø Birthday cake sales Ø Singing Valentine Ø Homecoming balloon sale Ø "Study Buddies - prepare snack kits which parents can send
to students Ø Work at college registration, drop-add desk, scheduling Ø Used book sale Ø Popcorn sale at campus movies Ø "Happy-Grams" Ø Raffle off a football autographed by the team Ø Faculty/staff art sale Ø Plant sale Ø Spaghetti dinner Ø Candy cane sale Ø Ugly face contest Ø Ice cream eating contest Ø Sell ice cream bars, Popsicle’s in the resident halls Ø Pancake breakfast Ø "Senior Sale" - seniors sell books, furniture, etc. Ø Student/Faculty talent show Ø Almost-anything auction Ø Homecoming Mums sale |