Sorority girls love personalized gifts, especially pretty and practical things emblazoned with their Greek letters. College sororities have been around since the mid 1800s, started as secret societies at the all-girls Wesleyan College and then taking off on campuses everywhere. Times were a bit different back in the day of bustled skirts and parasols and female members certainly didn’t have all the choices in sorority personalized gifts to give one another.

Today, on campuses all over the country, sorority girls live to outfit themselves head to toe in their official Greek letters or English variations, from Delta Delta Delta to Pi Beta Phi and more. You’ll see sweatshirts, PJ pants, t-shirts, baseball caps, socks and other fun wearables lounging about the sorority house on a lazy afternoon. All of these items are awesome personalized gifts for the young lady who has just joined or even a seasoned alumni.

There are so many occasions for giving personalized gifts for sorority girls. During rush week, current members might gift each other with embroidered aprons, lounge shorts, tank tops and other personalized gifts decked out in the “letters” while they work on their skits and routines for the incoming rushees. Once a girl has pledged a sorority, there will be so many personalized gifts she will need to fit in with the group. Many of these items are given by “big sister” members to their “little sister” pledges such as engraved charms for bracelets and necklaces, trinket boxes to hold the pledge pin, embroidered pledge book covers, tote bags, darling Greek-letter wearing teddy bears to sit on the bed and more. In many sororities a pledge “paddle” (used only for decoration, not actual paddling) is another personalized gift given to the new pledge from her big sister.

After the pledge has passed through all the requirements to become an active member, her family (especially if they are affiliated with the sorority) may like to give the young lady a special piece of engraved, personalized jewelry in gold or with special gemstones to commemorate the event. Whatever personalized gift you choose for your favorite sorority member, she is sure to shine bright proudly wearing the Greek letters she worked so hard to earn.