The Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Habitat for Humanity brought down the house on Wednesday with "Coffee, Beats and Halloween Freaks."
The event was held to raise money for the Habitat for Humanity chapter at Penn.
Featuring free beverages and food, the evening saw guests sitting back and enjoying performances from student groups Strictly Funk, Full Measure, Excelano Project, Off the Beat, Quaker Notes and Counterparts.
The Penn Habitat for Humanity chapter needed to raise $10,000 this year, and half of that amount by Nov. 10, for their upcoming house-building project in the Philadelphia area.
The Penn HFH chapter raised $300, along with their pumpkin sales yesterday and Wednesday. They plan to have future events to reach their goal.
Habitat for Humanity is an international organization that builds homes for families who are not able to afford them.
The Penn chapter is working on a Joint House Sponsorship with Drexel and Saint Joseph's universities. The three schools, along with a private donor, need to raise $40,000 total this year for the project.
Penn's Habitat for Humanity chapter has about two to three builds a month and is only allowed to send 10 Penn students on each build.
"If we raise our own money, we get priority over who goes on builds," said Wharton junior Roni Elchahal, the HFH chapter's co-president.
"A lot of fraternities and sororities ask to go on builds, and it's hard to satisfy all the demands we get from the Greeks," he added.
DTD is no stranger to philanthropy. It has worked with the Adopt-a-School Program and the Ronald McDonald House in past years, and was more than willing to help the student group reach its goal.
"We're pleased we got so many people out on a Wednesday night," Engineering junior and DTD President Justin Walker said.
The members of the different performing groups were happy to help.
"Strictly Funk thinks Habitat for Humanity is a very worthy cause," said College senior Janna Kauss, a member of Strictly Funk.
Many attendees thought their money was well spent.
"It's for a good cause, so I came," Engineering junior Samantha Crook said. "I was impressed by all of them."
"It's refreshing to see a fraternity doing something really altruistic," Nursing freshman Elizabeth Hazlett said.
"The other groups were amazing," said College sophomore Stacey Lloyd, a member of Off the Beat. "Even though they performed in a kitchen, they made it a stage."
