“Taste the World: Make it a Better Place” is a benefit event celebrating the 25^th anniversary of the University City Hospitality Coalition, and includes dinner catered by top restaurants, live entertainment, and a silent auction. The UCHC has been feeding the homeless and impoverished in West Philadelphia for 25 years, and invites Wharton Club members to celebrate the occasion at a benefit this Fall.

Date:  Monday, November 16, 2009

Time:  7:00-9:00 pm

Where:  Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall, Penn Campus; 3417 Spruce Street

Cost: Tickets are $25, and can be purchased at www.uchc.eventbrite.com. To find out more about the UCHC, please visit www.uc-hc.org.

More About This Event and Its Wharton School Connection:

This event supports the University City Hospitality Coalition (UCHC), www.uc-hc.org ,  a non-profit organization that provides direct support services, including hot meals five days a week, medical, legal, and dental clinics, and assistance finding employment to many of our city's poor and homeless.

The students who organize this event work with UCHC annually for their Management 100 project in the Wharton Undergraduate Program. As part of this program the groups of first year undergraduate students work on a project with a nonprofit organization, and a team from this program has organized this benefit for our organization every year for the past 10 years. The proceeds of this benefit make a significant difference in UCHC’s operating budget each year, and the whole process of creating, planning, and executing the event is always very satisfying for the group. The team is made up of 9 18-year old freshmen Wharton students from around the world.