Christmas Eve

 

Describe it...  

We watched the Grinch and ordered pizza.   Our floor mom came.

Location Location Location... Gainey Lobby.

Number that Attended: 18

Publicity: Posters and word of mouth. 

Set-Up: I went to get the pizza, 5 minutes of other set up (if any). 

$40

Positive Outcomes: The girls had a great time and got to watch a great movie. 

What would you have done differently? Nothing 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, the girls liked getting to hang out.  They enjoyed getting to have their floor mom at the activity. They liked hanging out and talking, watching the movie and eating.

Fondue Fun

Describe it...  

We had a chocolate fondue fountain and each set of roommates brought something to dip in the chocolate.

Location Location Location... Gainey upstairs lobby.

Number that Attended: 20, plus other girls who saw us hanging out. 

Publicity: Posters 

Set-Up: I set up with the help of two of the girls.  I needed about 30 minutes to melt all of the chocolate before I put it in the chocolate. 

$25

Positive Outcomes: The girls loved it and we had a great time together. 

What would you have done differently? Nothing

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, the girls had a great time and it was a lot of fun. 

Husband Jars

Describe it...  

Together, each of us decorated a jar to throw change into each time we pray for our future husbands. We decorated them with, love sayings, characteristics he will have, and some of use just made them look right.

Location Location Location... Gainey Lobby

Number that Attended: All 

Publicity: I put up posters. 

Set-Up: I put out modge-podge, jars and tissue paper. 

$0 Each resident put in $2

Positive Outcomes: They loved doing this project together, all of my girls participated. 

What would you have done differently? Nothing! 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, it inspires the girls to pray for their future husbands, got them out to spend time with one another, and all of them had a lot of fun. 

Describe it...  

My sister floor RA and I made cinnamon rolls and had orange juice ready for the girls.  We watched August Rush together.

Location Location Location... Upstairs lobby.

Number that Attended: 12

Publicity: Posters

$25

Positive Outcomes: Both floors were not equally represented, but it was good to have the girls come out, watch a movie and hang out.  

What would you have done differently? have attendance be more equal for the two floors, maybe put up more posters and talk to the girls individually. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, but I would try to get both floors to attend more. We did not end up with a lot of floor mingling, because only my floor showed up with a few residents from my sister floor. 

Free Half Off Appetizers at Applebee's

Describe it...  

We met and left for Applebee's at 8:45.  We ordered appetizers.  I used floor money to pay for the appetizers, and had previously told the girls that they could purchase a beverage on their own if they wanted one.   We were able to sit and talk.

Location Location Location... Applebee's in Jackson

Number that Attended: 9

Publicity: Posters 

$27

Positive Outcomes: The girls enjoyed getting treated to some great food.   They really enjoyed having time to hang out and get off campus. 

What would you have done differently? I might do it earlier in the year so that more girls are free.  Many of them were very busy. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, it was a lot of fun,  It was good getting to hang out with them. 

Relay for Life

Describe it...  

The floor participated in Relay for Life! We had a s'more making booth at the event and managed to have girls walking/running all night. 

I had three girls, who worked under me (like co-captains).  They were each in charge of some part of Relay.   One was in charge of raising money before the event, one was in charge of raising money at the event and one was in charge of making sure that we had people for the full 24 hours.

Location Location Location... Spring Arbor University track

Number that Attended: 24 and others who joined our team 

Publicity: Posters/Email

Set-Up: I set up with 7 or 8 of my girls. We started setting up at 4:30pm to be ready by 6pm. 

$25 for smores

Positive Outcomes: All of the girls had fun.  They were able to raise money for the American Cancer Society. 

What would you have done differently? Made sure that we had enough girls to walk all night

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes

Bother/Sister Floor Watter Balloon Fight

Describe it...  

We will play a version of capture the flag with a touch of paintball.  We will use water balloons filled with red/blue liquid.  They will probably stain the shirts, but then they will be dyed.  We will also be passing out sharpies so that residents can sign one anothers' shirts.   We will be playing capture the flag, but instead of getting tagged, you will be hit with a water balloon.

Location Location Location... Gainey Lawn.

Number that Attended: 15

Publicity: Posters 

Set-Up: More than two hours of balloon filling! 

$10

Positive Outcomes: The girls and guys really enjoyed throwing the water balloons at one another. 

What would you have done differently? More people would have attended if the weather were nicer.  So this might have made a better May event. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, the residents had a blast. It was fun.  It did require a lot of prep time. 

Movie and Bonfire at the Floor Parent's House

Describe it...  

The floor went to the floor parent's house.  We projected the movie onto the side of the house and watched a movie from the lawn with a bonfire where we made smores.  It made a very last final floor event for us!

Location Location Location... Floor Parent's House

Number that Attended: 9

Publicity: I sent out emails and put up posters. 

Set-Up: I set up food for 18 girls. 

$25

Positive Outcomes: The girls had a lot of fun, and got a chance to relax. 

What would you have done differently? I would have planned more carefully based on the weather, so that we would not have been rained out. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, assuming that we get better weather next time. 

Home Alone Christmas Party

Describe it...  

Plenty of food, friends and the viewing of Home Alone 2! 

With...Tons of food, chips, dip, 3 flavors of popcorn in a tin, 6 liters of pop! 

Location Location Location... Beta Lounge

Number that Attended: 35 (approx.)

Publicity: Posters on each door. 

$45

Positive Outcomes: Everyone enjoyed being together before finals just to have fun! 

What would you have done differently? Had it earlier at night (the event began at 10:00pm) 

Would You Do This Activity Again? Yes, Tyler (My brother RA) and I had a lot of fun with set up and the event went over well with the guys & girls.

Bride Wars

Describe it...   

A trip to the Movies for a Chick Flick with the girls! 

Location Location Location... Jackson 10 

Click here to go to their website
Number that Attended: 8

Publicity: Resident (Kayla) took care of the posters. 

Set-Up: Set up a carpooling system. 

$0

Positive Outcomes: Good amount of the floor went, and all enjoyed greatly! 

What would you have done differently? More promo 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yeah, great times, easy planning, no clean up! 

Christmas Party

Describe it...   

I made cakes with homemade frosting, we did a white elephant exchange and played a game to compete for a Sacred Grounds gift certificate. 

Location Location Location... Hall

Number that Attended: 23

Publicity: I put posters on every door. 

$5

Positive Outcomes: The girls liked this a lot.  The white elephant was a lot of fun and they were really excited about the gift certificate. 

What would you have done differently? Make sure that everyone has the same type of gift-either gag or real. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, it was a good break during exam week. 

Ice Cream Sundaes + Magnets

Describe it...   

We had really good ice cream sundaes with a lot of toppings and then we made magnets like the ones Anna has on her fridge. 

Location Location Location... Hall

Number that Attended: 8

Publicity: I put posters on every door.  

$50

Positive Outcomes: The girls really enjoyed this because everyone likes ice cream.  To my surprise, they really liked the magnets and stuck around for hours making them. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, I think that this was one of my best activities ever! 

Bonfire

Describe it...   

We had a bonfire with our sister and brother floors.  We had smores, hot dogs and hung out! 

Location Location Location... Andrew VanValin's House

Number that Attended: 10

Publicity: Posters in the hallwawy.

$10

Positive Outcomes: People enjoyed this because we got to meet other people on campus and they were able to get off campus. 

Would You Do This Activity Again? Yes, everyone likes bonfires. 

Ice Cream Social

Describe it...   

Ice cream social.

Location Location Location... Hall

Number that Attended: 15

$40

Positive Outcomes: Everyone loves ice cream

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, it was a good way for the girls to get to know each other, I would do it right at the beginning of the year.  

Decorating Vases

Describe it...   

I found directions for making home-made vases in a craft magazine. We used paper mache to cover plastic bottles and then we used craft paint to decorate them.  We also ate brownies! 

Location Location Location... Hall

Number that Attended: 5

Publicity: Posters on the doors. 

Set-Up:  I put out supplies and made brownies. 

Clean-Up: I cleaned up!

$5-10

Positive Outcomes: The girls that came really enjoyed the activity. 

What would you have done differently? I would have made a example  vase so that the girls would have a better idea of what we were making-it would have been good for advertising. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  No, because not a lot of girls came. 

Decorating Cookies at Floor Mom's

Describe it...  

We went to our Floor Mom's house and decorated sugar cookies. 

Location Location Location...

Floor Mom's House

Number that Attended: 2

Positive Outcomes: We had a lot of fun... the three of us.  The girls on the floor loved the cookies that we made! 

What would you have done differently? Maybe do it in the hallway not off campus. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  No, I would do something different without our floor mom instead. 

Door Stops and Root Beer Floats

Describe it...  

I had the girls over to my house where we decorated rocks with tissue paper, glitter, ribbon and Mod Podge so that we could have fun door stops, then we had Root Beer floats.

Location Location Location... My house

Number that Attended: 15

Publicity: Posters, Facebook group

Set-Up: 10 minutes, taken care of by me! 

Clean-Up: My mom took care of it.

$ Mom covered the floats, so $5

Positive Outcomes: The girls really liked making the rocks, they talked the entire time and now they(the rocks) are outside of the doors.

What would you have done differently? Used rocks that were heavy enough to hold the doors. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, but with a new floor because no one needs two door stops. 

Movie Night with Snacks

Describe it...  

We watched "My Best Friend's Wedding" and had snacks (popcorn with M&Ms and graham crackers with peanut butter)

Location Location Location... Gainey Lobby

Number that Attended: 15

Positive Outcomes: The girls really liked it.  They had a fun time just watching the movie together.  It helped that it was before fall break because no one really wanted to do homework. 

What would you have done differently? More M&Ms and Knives. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  I would because the girls really liked it even though it was a simple activity.  This was also good for a weekend because it was not super long and it was on campus so girls could come and go. 

Making Rice Bags

Describe it...  

We drove into Jackson together to pick out material for our rice bags.  Then we bought the rice.  Then we went back to our hallway were I taught them how to make rice bags.  I also made up some cookie dough and had popcorn for snacking.

Location Location Location... Hall/Jackson

Number that Attended: 6

 

$14

Positive Outcomes: The girls really liked this.  We got to go shopping together and have fun in the store and then it was fun just sitting in the hallway and talked  randomly and listening to music. 

What would you have done differently? More advertising earlier. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, because it got us off campus and we got to learn and build relationships with one another while we sewed. 

Games and Cookies

 
Describe it...  

I made a lot of cookies and we played board games in the hallway.

Location Location Location... Hall

Number that Attended: 12

Publicity: Posters in the hallway 

$12

Positive Outcomes: The girls like it because they love cookies and Scatergories is a fun game! 

What would you have done differently? Maybe start a little earlier.

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, because games are always fun! 

Dare to Be Great

Describe it...  

We went to the Parlour in Jackson to get a mini "Dare to Be Great" 

Location Location Location... The Parlour
Check out the Parlour's Website...

Number that Attended: 8

Publicity: Anna Zenz (SLA) took care of posters. 

$23

Positive Outcomes: We liked this because it got us off campus again. 

What would you have done differently? Nothing

Would You Do This Activity Again? Yes, there is nothing better than Ice Cream! 

Fimo Pens

Describe it...  

I taught the girls how to make decorative pens with ballpoint pens + "Fimo" clay.  We also watched American Idol while we made the pens.

Location Location Location... A room in the hallway.

Number that Attended: 15

Publicity: Poster in the hall 

$25

Positive Outcomes: The girls really likes making the pens, I several of them using the pens through out the semester. 

What would you have done differently? Nothing

Would You Do This Activity Again?  I would do this again because it was very simple and fun!  

 

Denny's Breakfast

Describe it...  
We all went to breakfast Denny's but at 12:00am.  I bought an appetizer for the floor. 

Location Location Location... Denny's

Number that Attended: 9

Positive Outcomes: The girls like this because we got off campus.

What would you have done differently? Nothing

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, it is simple and for some reason everything is funnier late at night! 

 

Meet the Brothers!

Describe it...  

A time to meet our brother floor and plan for Arbor Games

Location Location Location... Hall

Number that Attended: 20 from 2West and 30 from Gamma2

Publicity: Posters by the RAs 

Set-Up: Everyone from 2nd West

Clean-Up: Girls from 2nd West

Food: Enough for  50+ pizza, appetizers, and utensils

$Every girl pitched in for different pieces. 

Positive Outcomes: Great attendance --> many first introductions.  Arbor games was planned easily.

What would you have done differently? More food prep time, budgeting...

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Definitely a great first evernt!  It was awesome to hang out all together...

"It's Your Party" (Add Poster)

Describe it...
A time to celebrate all resident's birthdays! 

Location Location Location... 
The Jackson Ice Cream Parlor

Here their website. 

Number that Attended: 13

Publicity: Posters + Facebook Page

Food:  Residents pay for their own treats!

Set-Up: Arrange Car Pool!

$0

Positive Outcomes: Great bonding time, Atmosphere encouraged conversation. 

What would you have done differently? Move it to a night without open hours/not a prime homework night.

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes --> positive comments from all participants, no cost to floor, great way to introduce freshmen to the Parlor.