STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

I like the idea of sparkling apple juice.  Personally, I wouldn't do grape juice because inevitably someone will drop their glass or spill and it will stain.  Since recruitment is so stressful for girls already, I'd hate for someone to have to go to a rush event with a stained dress. 

Also, I'd suggest serving the sparkling cider in a tall plastic champagne glass.  My sorority used to serve it in the shallow plastic champagne glasses and they were a pain in the ass because it's hard to walk, eat hors d'oeuvres, and shake hands without having the sparkling cider slosh over the side of the glass.  (Can you tell this was a pet peeve of mine?  )  We used to write the girls' names on a piece of paper and tie it to the glass, which was a pain in the ass too because there's always a glitch and people end up with a name that doesn't match.  So I wouldn't recommend doing that.  The payoff just isn't that great for the work involved.

The milk/cookies idea is cute, but I'd only do that on the first day of recruitment when things are less formal.  It might seem out of place as the days get more formal, unless you have some sort of theme where it ties in well.  Also--some girls might be lactose intolerant, and I doubt you'll have that problem with sparkling cider. 

What's the theme for the day that you're working on?  Depending on the theme of the day, you could do really cute drinks to go along with it.  Like if you're doing some sort of beach-y theme, you could mix pineapple juice, orange juice, and pour in some grenadine to make it look like tequila sunrises.  Or coke floats if you're doing a 50's theme day (we did this and it was really cute).  We also did a movie star theme day that was more formal and that's where we served the sparkling cider.