APO Collegiate Congress Solicitation Letter

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Our beloved Alpha Phi Omega is ushering the 85th year of leadership, friendship and service. Peculiar to many on how we became brothers and sisters; without a regard to age, religion or culture. The mere knowledge of the same affiliation will automatically unfold a complete stranger's left-hand to receive another and instantly becomes an ally. A bond like no other that started from the hills of Lafayette College that spread across the United States and into the seas of the pacific to reach the Philippines. With this in mind it is our duty to protect the continuity of this heritage.

The constant flow of new members into an organization is essential for its growth. APO Philippines recognizes the need to support its collegiate chapters as the Nationwide Recruitment Campaign was presented. It offered practical ways in recruitment of new members, and also commissioned the production of an APO Recruitment Video to attract more students into joining our ranks. The chapters that are implementing the APO Pledge Programhave significantly increased due to the availability of printed copies of APP manuals distributed throughout the country and the training of about 400 brothers and sisters certified to conduct APP seminars within their geographic reach.

In order to preserve these positive results, a COLLEGIATE CONGRESS will be held to further strengthen collegiate chapters, as well as to empower its members to their full leadership potential. It will also be an opportunity for chapter leaders to share successful strategies in chapter management and voice out concerns that are often encountered in the modern day-to-day fraternity and sorority campus life.

In behalf of all collegiate members that will benefit from this worthy endeavor, we humbly ask for your support. Attached is a copy of the sponsorship packages.

We are hoping for your favorable response. Thank you very much. May we always be!

Sincerely yours,

O.J. Lopez

Vice-President for Fraternity

Jana Paredes

Vice-President for Sorority

Noted by:

Mel Adriano

National President

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES

DIAMOND SPONSOR

P 15,000.00 / USD 375.00

q Alumni Association / Company name or logo printed on tarpaulins and posters

q Alumni Association / Company name or logo on one (1) page of the APO Recruitment Video CD cover contents

q Alumni Association / Company name or logo on social networking sites community page

q Plaque of Appreciation from the National Council

q 25 CD copies of the APO Recruitment Video

GOLD SPONSOR

P 10,000.00 / USD 250.00

q Alumni Association / Company name or logo printed on tarpaulins

q Alumni Association / Company name or logo on one-half (1/2) page of the APO Recruitment Video CD cover contents

q Alumni Association / Company name or logo on social networking sites community page

q Plaque of Appreciation from the National Council

q 15 CD copies of the APO Recruitment Video

BLUE SPONSOR

P 5,000.00 / USD 125.00

q Alumni Association / Company name or logo printed on posters

q Alumni Association / Company name or logo on one-fourth (1/4) page of the APO Recruitment Video CD cover contents

q Alumni Association / Company name or logo on social networking sites community page

q Plaque of Appreciation from the National Council

q 10 CD copies of the APO Recruitment Video

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE

NINONG AT NINANG NG RESIDENTE

For a minimum donation of P 500.00 / $ 15.00

q 2 CD Copies of the APO Recruitment Video

q Exclusive news and updates of the Collegiate Congress and upcoming activities

SAGOT KO ANG CHAPTER KO

Individual alumni members may sponsor their chapter’s delegates to the Collegiate Congress by shouldering their registration fees, transportation and other expenses.

q 1 CD copy of the APO Recruitment Video

q Exclusive news and updates of the Collegiate Congress and upcoming activities

*ALL SPONSORSHIPS WILL COURSE ONLY THROUGH APO NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE

Alpha Phi Omega International (Philippines), Inc.
301-A Two Seventy Midtower Condominium
270 Ermin Garcia, Brgy Silangan, Cubao, QC

TeleFax Number: +63 2 4397603

Bank Deposit

Bank Name: Banco de Oro – Anonas Branch

Account Name: Alpha Phi Omega International Philippines Incorporated

Account Number: 149-010-3668

Swift Code: BNORPHMM

Please email the proof of deposit to residente1925@gmail.com and Cc NED Bong Cruz at bongc40@yahoo.com.

Online Remittance (For US based alumni members and associations)

www.xoom.com

Account Name: Alpha Phi Omega International Philippines Incorporated

Bank Name: Banco de Oro – Anonas Branch

Account Number: 149-010-3668

Swift Code: BNORPHMM

Recipient Email: residente1925@gmail.com

Please email the details to residente1925@gmail.com and Cc NED Bong Cruz at bongc40@yahoo.com.

COLLEGIATE CONGRESS

COLLEGIATE CONGRESS

“Going back to basic”

The constant flow of new members into an organization is essential for its growth. APO Philippines recognizes the need to support its collegiate chapters as the Nationwide Recruitment Campaign was presented. It offered practical ways in recruitment of new members, and also commissioned the production of an APO Recruitment Video to attract more students into joining. The chapters that are implementing the APO Pledge Program have significantly increased due to the availability of printed copies of APP manuals distributed throughout the country and the training of about 400 brothers and sisters certified to conduct APP seminars within their geographic reach.

In order to preserve these positive results, a Collegiate Congress will be held to further strengthen collegiate chapters, as well as to empower collegiate members to show their full leadership potential. It will also be an opportunity for chapter leaders to share their techniques that may be beneficial for others and voice out concerns that are often encountered in the modern day-to-day fraternity and sorority campus life.

Mechanics

The Collegiate Congress will be conducted in certain parts of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Chapter officers are requested to attend. Alumni Associations and members are encouraged to sponsor their chapter delegates. Registration fee is only P 150.00 per person, inclusive of meals and workshop kit. The workshop modules and the APO Recruitment Video will also be distributed as well.

The Luzon leg will be on December 4, 2010 at Arisabel Clubhouse, Economic Garden, Brgy. Timugan, Los Banos, Laguna.

Program

08:00 AM Registration

09:30 AM Preliminaries

10:00 AM Going Back to Basic

11:30 AM Lunch Break

01:00 PM Nationwide Recruitment Campaign

02:30 PM Break

03:00 PM APP Help Desk

04:00 PM Awarding and Closing

05:30 PM Toast Song

For more information, inquiries and pre-registration of delegates please contact VP for Sorority Jana Paredes at 09173685694 or jah42355@yahoo.com

A Chapter's Life Blood

Recruitment:

A Chapter’s Life Blood

After more than a month of hardship and sacrifice, I was finally admitted to Alpha Phi Omega on February 2005 at the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas - Pi Chapter as a unritualized member, the following month many resident members graduated. Dismayed that there are few chapter residents left, we thought of recruitment strategies to increase the number of members.

Luckily, on June 2005, the university holds a recruitment drive. What better time to implement our plans and take advantage of our recognition as a student organization. A booth was provided for us to set up in. We included interesting features in our booth, among others was the "Wall of Fame", containing pictures of notable alumni members. Informative brochures at its cheapest photocopied form was distributed to passersby. Thinking that we will be able to get more recruits going classroom to classroom in promoting APO than just to wait for students to walk by. We took action, doing many kinds of promotional gimmicks, it was just hit or miss, but we were determined to reach our goal to increase membership, whatever it would take!

When the school year was over, we made a handful of members increase to 4 or 5 times our original number. Our initial accomplishments couldn't be possible without the support and help of the UST administration, the Pi Alumni and other chapters who were present. Since then, Recruitment 101* was a major annual activity and a regular source of new members for Pi Chapter.

5 Helpful Tips on Effective Recruitment

1. Quality and quantity.

The first batch of Recruitment 101 we had an astounding 24 new members! But there are over 300 students we persuade to sign up at the recruitment booth, 60+ were baptized as pledges before finally coming up with the 24 new members. Recruit as many as you can. Talk to as many students as possible and choose the best men and women.

2. If you want something done, do it yourself.

Don't be intimidated by your alumni and fellow residents. They are there to help you. Have the initiative to recruit. Involve brods or sis that are goal oriented and wants improvement. Be the hero and take action! And everything else will follow, the support and most importantly the results.

3. You can't recruit who you do not know.

During events and service projects we can invite non-APO students to join. Organize events that may entice students to take part of the activity. Mostly our activities are exclusive to members only. But there are chapter activities that may be avenues for recruitment. Feeling what its like to be an APO may create the need to join.

Sometimes, you don't even need to recruit them, they'll just knock on our doors. The important things are that we are able to get NAMES, and CONTACT DETAILS of potential applicants. After each event we can contact all students who attended the event and invite them for an orientation.

4. Be humble.

It has been APO's tradition that applicants must humble themselves. We should realize that the prospects don't know a thing about APO. Before demanding for them to bow down and call us Lords / Ladies it is our duty to inform them the principles, purpose and activities of APO, the rationale behind the pledgeship process and importance of humility and obedience. Proper orientation to prospects giving them the ideas of what to expect may reduce the chances of quitting.

5. 10th Jewel, be brave!

Inform your classmates, and friends in school about APO. You can also meet students outside your circle of friends, outside your college and tell them about APO. During the 2005 Recruitment 101 stint, we went from classroom to classroom just to check out pretty college girls and have recruitment as an excuse. Simplest spiels such as, "We are Alpha Phi Omega and we are accepting new applicants, so if you’re interested just contact us...". Then we leave them brochures. A couple of hours later, students are actually contacting us. We did not only have recruits, some brods got new girlfriends too.

Bonus # 6.

Invest in recruitment materials. We started out with cheap photocopied brochures that we distribute to students. It worked! Now we have all kinds of promotional items from bookmarks, paper fans, calendars, among others. Be creative and experiment on other promotional media. Also remember to put your contact numbers in your chosen media, so it would be easier for students to contact you.

But the best recruitment and promotional material is you. What you are and what you do is a mirror of what an APO is. So put yourself in your recruits’ shoes and ask, “Would you want yourself to be your brod / sis?” If yes, be a proud APO and share it to everyone!

Mahalin APOng Pinaghirapan!

Posted on 08/12/2008 by:

OJ Lopez

A

PO Pi Chapter,

2005-A

Batas 535

Grand Chancellor 2006-2007

*Recruitment 101 at UST is conducted once every school year on the month of June or July, other chapters are always welcome to participate and/or observe.