Door Stop Decorating!

Describe it...

Girls painted their wooden door stops while socializing, listening to Disney music, and drinking apple cider.

Location Location Location... 

Gainey 3 South Hallway!

Number that Attended: 

 9

Publicity:

Posters, FB group post, word of mouth

Set-Up:

 All that had to be done to set up is get the paint and paint brushes from the RA office, get the cider and plastic cups, and put newspaper on the ground so the paint didn't get on the carpet. We just set everything up in the hallway.

Clean-Up: 

 Girls helped clean up everything in the hallway and wash out paintbrushes.

$$$$$

 Only about $5 for the cider. The door stops were donated, and the paint & paintbrushes were borrowed from Gainey!

Positive Outcomes: 

The girls got to know each other better, had fun, and now have pretty, colorful, & fun door stops!

What would you have done differently? 

 This event was on a Friday night, so I would probably do it a different night so that more girls would have showed up.

Would You Do This Activity Again?  

Yes indeed!

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Ice Cream Night

Describe it...  

 We used anna's homemade ice cream maker and made ice cream. 

Location Location Location... 

 the front side walk

Number that Attended: 

 5

Publicity: 

 posters and face book event

Set-Up:

 buy stuff?

Clean-Up: 

 dishes

$ (insert event cost here)

$15

Positive Outcomes: 

 none.

What would you have done differently? 

 never done it again.

Would You Do This Activity Again?  

 no. nobody wanted to shake the thing and it was a mess. they also complained when it took too long.

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Coffee House

Describe it...  

Coffee house style open mic night/ talent show
 

Location Location Location... 

conference room

Number that Attended: 
10?

Publicity: 

posters,  email

Set-Up:

reserve conference room, set up conference room (took like an hour), buy food and coffee, make coffee,

Clean-Up: 

tear down, clean,

$ (insert event cost here)

$$$$$$ but worth it

Positive Outcomes: 

goofing off is fun! the girls really enjoyed it.

What would you have done differently? 

more advertising!

Would You Do This Activity Again?  

Yes!

Half-Offs

Describe it...  

J-term trip for Applebee's half-offs!
 

Location Location Location... 

Jackson Applebee's

Number that Attended: 
7

Publicity: 

posters, email, word of mouth (I had like 12 girls for jterm)

Set-Up:

-

Clean-Up: 

-

$ (insert event cost here)

20

Positive Outcomes: 

it was nice. quick, but relaxing and fun

What would you have done differently? 

hmmm, asked what days worked best?

Would You Do This Activity Again?  

Yes!

Finals Party!

Describe it...  

We made ballons, filled them with glitter and candy, and wrote the names of finals/projects on them. Then, we taped them to our doors and popped them as we finished. We also had snacks and christmas music while we made them. Lots of girls came too because we were in the middle of everything.
 

Location Location Location... 

The middle of the hall.

Number that Attended: 
at least 20

Publicity: 

posters, email, fb event

Set-Up:

buy candy and balloons and glitter, make cards.

Clean-Up: 

vacuum for 2 weeks.

glitter. was. everywhere.

$ (insert event cost here)

maybe like $20

Positive Outcomes: 

we had a great time! and popping balloons was wonderfully fulfilling

What would you have done differently? 

maybe no glitter, it took me forever to vaccuum.

Would You Do This Activity Again?  

Yes!

Off Campus Game Night

Describe it...  

We went off campus for a game night! We had snacks and played games and chilled with Debbie Drake, who runs Logos 1:28.
 

Location Location Location... 

Karl and Debbie Drake's House

Number that Attended: 
7

Publicity: 

not enough. emails and a few posters.

Set-Up:

find people to drive, buy some snacks

Clean-Up: 

trash?

$ (insert event cost here)

$$- food

Positive Outcomes: 

we had a great time! it was great to bond with an adult too!

What would you have done differently? 

Maybe personal invites,.

Would You Do This Activity Again?  

maybe, it's hard to get off campus and get big attendance.

Trunk or Treat!!

Describe it...  

We did trunk or treat with SAFMC. We bought candy and used my car. WE got to dress up and takes pictures. How fun! Plus the kiddos are adorable!!
 

Location Location Location... 

SAFMC

Number that Attended: 
Around 12, throughout the evening

Publicity: 

posters, calls, email

Set-Up:

contact the church, buy candy, get decorations and costumes

Clean-Up: 

put my car away!

$ (insert event cost here)

$- the church helped with candy supply!

Positive Outcomes: 

we had a great time! goofing off is sometimes the best bonding. plus we got to serve others!

What would you have done differently? 

Maybe personal invites, make sure I didn't have night class that night... oops.

Would You Do This Activity Again?  

Yes!

Floor Secret Santa/Christmas Party

Describe it...  

We had a Floor Secret Santa, where the girls signed-up if they wanted to participate. I then put each name of a slip of paper and allowed each girl to pick out a name. They then were the secret santa for that girl for a week. At the end of the week (it was on Sunday), we went to our floor parent's home and baked/decorated Christmas sugar cookies, ate pizza and lots of other yummy snacks, revealed to eachother our secret santas and did our final gift exchange, then watched a movie.  

Location Location Location... 

Secret Santa: Gainey 3 South :) 

Christmas Party: Floor Parent's house in Jackson 

Number that Attended: 

Secret Santa: 18

Christmas Party: 10 

Publicity: 

emails, ad on floor facebook group, posters 

Set-Up:

not much set-up needed. our floor parents organized everything for the party

Clean-Up: 

 none needed!

$ (insert event cost here)

$0 :) our floor parents bought everything we needed to make the cookies and also bought us pizza 

Positive Outcomes: 

great way to celebrate Christmas with the floor! It was great seeing the girls do nice things to each other throughout the week we did secret santa

What would you have done differently? 

nothing at all! 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  

oh yeahhh! :D

Crafty Floor Event

Describe it...  

Since the theme for our floor is "Fruits of the Spirit," we built a tree out of construction paper and we each made what "fruit" represents us most and put it up on the tree (ex: watermelon - kindness). This tree was put up on the wall at the end of our hallway. I also put out some magazines so the girls could construct a "Who I am" collage. The third crafty project was to write a letter to themselves that I will give them at the end of the year. They were able to do one or all of these projects.  I also bought some snackes for this event.     

Location Location Location... 

Hallway of Gainey 3 South :)

Number that Attended: 

12 

Publicity: 

emails, ad on our floor facebook page, posters 

Set-Up:

not very much set-up needed. I just brough out the magazines from the RA office, and put out crafy material like construction paper, scissors, glue, etc.

Clean-Up:

Some of the girls stayed behind and helped clean up some of the mess from cutting out magazines and all.

$ (insert event cost here)

About $8 (for the snacks)

Positive Outcomes: 

It was a great time to get away from homework and reflect on what makes each girls so unique (by thinking through what fruit of the spirit best represents them as well as making a collage of who they are) 

What would you have done differently? 

Nothing really  

Would You Do This Activity Again?  

 For sure!

Blacklight Dance Party! Oh yeahhh!! :)

Describe it...  

One of my girls said that she would love to have a dance party for her birthday. And so we did!! We had a floor/core event, where our floor (3 South), and the 2 freshman core on my floor (Core 16 and Core 24) were invited to come to a Blacklight Dance Party! Since it was an organized dance party, and it was coed, I had to apply for it through SDL and obtain an approved playlist. So, I reserved the RCF for the evening and we had our floor/core blacklight dance party!! We also had some snacks. So much funnn!!

Location Location Location... 

RCF - Ralph Carey Forum - lower level of the Student Center  

Number that Attended: 

way too many to keep count!! People not in my floor or either of the cores also came! Great fun!!

Publicity: 

Posters, facebook page, emails. 

I also told the PAs of the 2 cores to tell it to their core kids!  

Set-Up:

The birthday girl, some of her friends, some girls from my floor, and one of the PAs helped with set up.  

Clean-Up: 

same people who set up also cleaned up. Also, some of the boys from one of the cores helped in putting the room back to order at the end of the dance party.  

$ (insert event cost here)

didn't really keep an exact amount. But I would say just a few dollars for snacks.  

Positive Outcomes: 

such a FUN event. Great times dancing and just being ourselves. It was great to see the girls to feel so free and just dance around. The cores are very close to each other so they just had a lot of fun dancing around together. 

What would you have done differently? 

Nothing at all!  

Would You Do This Activity Again?  

For sure for sure!!

Room Show n' Tell & Apples to Apples

Describe it...  

It was a chance for the girls to show off their room and share with the floor what makes up *them*. Also, there were certain categories that they could win prizes for (like best decorated, most hospitable, etc). So, we just rotated around to each girls room (i.e. to those who signed up to do Room Show n' Tell), and we just learned more about eachother. Then, we played Apples to Apples as a floor in our hallway.

Location Location Location... 

Gainey 3 South baby!! :)

Number that Attended: 

 11

Publicity: 

 posters, facebook page, emails

Set-Up:

no set-up needed. Everybody just straightened up their own room

Clean-Up: 

 none needed

$ (insert event cost here)

$0 :)  

Positive Outcomes: 

it was a great time for the girls to get to know their floormates, and also a chance for them to show off their room and their personalities  

What would you have done differently? 

Um. Not much really. May would have done it in a weekend that more girls would have been around - but that's always hard to do.  

Would You Do This Activity Again?  

oh yea!!

Meal and a Movie

Describe it...  

We met in the hall and had DC dinner- doable and cheap! Then we came back to Gainey and watched a movie. Our floor mom came and brought us snacks!

Location Location Location... 

The DC and the Gainey TV Lounge

Number that Attended: 
About 16 for dinner, and 4 others showed up for the movie.

Publicity: 

Posters, voice mail, emails, mirriors in bathroom.

Set-Up:

Reserve the lounge.

Clean-Up: 

Vacuum from snacks

$ (insert event cost here)

Free!

Positive Outcomes: 

Tons! Good bonding, we did it the first weekend after the full week of classes. Also, a great turnout!

What would you have done differently? 

Maybe personal invites, but it went well.

Would You Do This Activity Again?  

Yes, especially when it's a stressfull time in the semester.