Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Recruitment: Day 2 (Philanthropy)

After getting some much needed rest you'll come back to recruitment for Day 2, or Philanthropy Day! This round is a little bit more serious because you will be learning about each chapter's philanthropy, or charity. As a member of Greek life a huge part of your activities will be to raise money or donate time to a cause. Most Greek chapters have at least one official philanthropy as chosen by the national headquarters. Some chapters have more, like two or three organizations they help. Often, during this round of recruitment the women of each chapter will watch a video with you and you'll participate in a small activity such as making tie-blankets to donate or create goodie bags of candy for cancer patients going through chemotherapy. This day calls for less walking than Round 1 but you will still be walking from house to house so it's probably still a good idea to wear shoes you are comfortable in.
For Round 2 you want to look slightly nicer than the day before, I used the example "what you would wear to a high school graduation". It probably brings to mind sundresses, maxi skirts, pretty jewelry and possibly heels or wedges. Once again, I made examples of outfits on polyvore that are good starting points for this round however I cannot stress enough that you should be yourself, which means dress like you would. If you do not like pastels and prefer neon colors or jewel tones or black clothing then wear what you are comfortable in.
Philanthropy night 1 by Taryn-Wilkins

Philanthropy night 2 by Taryn-Wilkins

Philanthropy night 3 by Taryn-Wilkins



3 comments:

  1. Taryn,
    I am impressed with your thought process and covering the steps and the full outfits. Everything is so much more casual than it used to be, but you managed to find cute and comfortable outfits with cute jewelry to dress it up a bit.
    Good job.

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    1. Thanks for commenting! When I came through recruitment I noticed a lot of girls wearing clothes and especially shoes that were uncomfortable and therefore distracting. My saying always has been "comfort is key"!

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  2. Taryn,

    I think this is a great blog! Not only do people in a sorority will learn from this but always women outside. I believe it is very important for girls to be comfortable and still know how to be cute at the same time. I look foreword to reading more throughout this course!

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