Trick or Treat on Greek Street allows Greek Knights to give back

Waldo was spotted by Platform 9 ¾ Sunday afternoon as princesses, pirates and superheroes trick-or-treated at UCF's annual Trick-or-Treat on Greek Street event.

TOTOGS was originally started at UCF in 2003 by Greek students to give kids from the Boys & Girls Club a safe place to trick-or-treat. The event was later opened to other families in the community.

TOTOGS is sponsored by the Fraternity and Sorority Life at UCF and benefits the Boys & Girls Club. The trick-or-treating was held on Greek Park and all student organizations were invited to participate.

Besides handing out candy, the organizations planned activities for the kids. This year the Harry Potter themed team Delta Delta Delta and Delta Zeta had a bounce house for the kids, held broomstick races and had a wand making station.

The team of Pi Phi, Kappa Sigma and Sigma Nu had Toy Story's G.I. Joe soldiers welcoming families at the door and sending them in for more arts and crafts and face painting.

The organizations that participated in TOTOGS also competed for the title of best house.

Judges walked around the street during the event and judged the houses on best use of theme, member attendance, and crowd favorite votes.

After the event the participants and volunteers headed to Lake Claire for a quick awards ceremony.

The Kappa Delta and Phi Delta's circus-themed house took third place. Pi Phi, Kappa Sigma and Sigma Nu's "Toy Story" house was awarded second place. The Dr. Seuss house, with Disney songs playing, a cauldron of candy and a fishing game won first place and was a partnership between Chi Omega and Alpha Epsilon Pi.

Families in the area were invited to take part in the trick-or-treating and vote for their favorite house.

Patrick and Monica Cullen, their children, and their friends Alicia Rosen and Rob Guttman, all of Oviedo, were dressed as the Scooby-Doo gang.

They accessorized with a stroller turned Mystery Machine, and said that this was their second year at the event. Last year the group dressed as the Mario Brothers and other Wii characters.

"We're going as the Cullen family tonight," joked Monica Cullen, referencing the vampire family from the Twilight movies.

According to Cathy Hagan, the student director for the event, many of the people who bring their children to TOTOGS are UCF and UCF Greek alumni.

"People have come and gone… but at least 300 to 400 people have come through today," Hagan said.

According to Emilia Porto, the day of events coordinator, 55 kids from the Boys & Girls Club were brought to UCF by bus to get as much candy as they could.

After a day of trick-or-treating, bags of candy hung low in the sticky hands of little firefighters, Transformers and even a pint-size banana split.