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 

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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! 

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

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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. 

Flavor Fruit Farms Trip

Describe it...  

A trip to Flavor Fruit Farms to get pumpkins, apple cider, and some homemade doughnuts!

Location Location Location... Flavor Fruit Farms 

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Number that Attended: 3

Publicity: Posters, Facebook, RA

$0

Positive Outcomes: Deeper bonding with a couple residents

What would you have done differently? Gone on a Saturday instead

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, even though it was low, people who went enjoyed it! 

 

Gilmore Girls Marathon

Describe it...  

A marathon for season 1 of "Gilmore Girls" this event took place on two consecutive weekend days!

Location Location Location... Gainey Lobby

Number that Attended: Several came and went through out. 

Publicity: Posters

$0

Positive Outcomes: Bonding with new girls, boredom buster for those not on fall break

What would you have done differently? More advertising!

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes--> girls loved it and there are 6 more seasons! 

 

Movie Night

Describe it...  

Chick Flicks--> "You've Got Mail" & "Runaway Bride"

Location Location Location... Gainey Lobby

Number that Attended: 6

Publicity: Posters by Andra

Food: Popcorn and pop

Set-Up: 10 minutes-?

$7

Positive Outcomes: Girls liked it

What would you have done differently? More advertising!

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, but I might make the movies more general so they attracted more residents.

 

Worship Night

Describe it...  

Stations in the hall for worshiping in various forms: listening, reading, encouragement, etc.

Location Location Location... Hall

Number that Attended: 8

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

Set-Up: SLA took care of it! 

Clean-Up: SLA 

$0

Positive Outcomes: Girls loved writing encouragement cards. 

What would you have done differently? More options with stretching (growth) opportunities

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, girls came (unusual for our floor) and they seemed to appreciate the experience. 

 

Christmas Party

Describe it...  
A Christmas party with Gamma 2, Pizza, Cookies & Punch + Yankee Swap

Location Location Location... 
Gainey Lobby

Number that Attended: 40?

Publicity: Posters & Facebook

Food:  Enough for 50?

Set-Up: A few hours

Clean-Up: Willing Residents

$20

Positive Outcomes: Great turnout & lots of laughs.

What would you have done differently? Better definition of Yankee Swap Click here if you don't know what that is!

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Absolutely!  Everyone enjoyed it and brother and sister floors love doing events together! 

Final-ly over

Describe it...  
A time to relax over pizza & pop in the hall.

Location Location Location... 
Our Hall! 

Number that Attended: 15+

Publicity: Facebook

Food: 6 pizzas & 2 liters of pop

Set-Up: Resident ordered pizzas an hour and a half in advance. 

Clean-Up: The Residents

$46

Positive Outcomes: Girls loved it! Plus it was causal and easy!  Strengthened and easy

 
What would you have done differently? Figured out cheaper pizza

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes...it was effective and it went over well! 

 

Rice Night

Describe it...  

A Night to Share Rice, Fight World Hunger (Free Rice.com) & improve our vocab together! 

Location Location Location... Hall

Number that Attended: 5

Publicity: Posters

Food: Rice

Set-Up: Buying Rice

Clean-Up: Attendees!

$13.04

Positive Outcomes: Donated more than 5,000 grains of rice, spent time with "hard to reach" residents. 

What would you have done differently? More advertising? RSVP

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Maybe, it was easy, but maybe a bit expensive for the nature of the event. 

Cookies and Milk

Describe it...  
Kristy & Kori (2 Residents) made cookies for the other girls to be shared in the hall!

Location Location Location... 
Our Hall! 

Number that Attended:7

Publicity: K&K put signs on the doors

Food: 2 batches of cookies, oreos and a gallon of milk

Set-Up: K&K

Clean-Up: All Attendants

$12

Positive Outcomes: Girls came out of their rooms to hang out int the hall, Girls loved it!  Fresh cookies and a study break! 

What would you have done differently? Made more cookies!

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, K&K loved this opportunity to serve their friends in a fun way! 

Taco Bell Night

 

 

Describe it...  
We'll be catching up over some good ol' T-Bell!

Location Location Location... 
T Bell in Jax

Number that Attended: 8 + RA

Publicity: Facebook

$ Paid for by residents

Positive Outcomes: Girls that went enjoyed it...lots of laughs...reluctant to leave ! 

What would you have done differently? Set it on a night with less night class conflicts

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Absolutely, who doesn't need more Taco Bell in their life? 

Brother and Sister Ice Cream

 

Describe it...  
Gamma 2 & Gainey 2 West go for Ice Cream!

Location Location Location... 
Frosty Boy

Number that Attended: 15 (Including RAs)

 

Publicity: Facebook 

$ Paid by Residents

Positive Outcomes: People Loved it!

What would you have done differently? Picked a warmer night and a less busy time of year (ha ha)

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, great casual time with both floors!