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.