Fraternity members spoke into a microphone and urged walkers and drivers passing by to donate money for the homeless.
Ennis Adams, Phi Beta Sigma fraternity social chair, said the fraternity was putting on the 14th annual Sleep Out for the Homeless at the Scramble Light.
The event's purpose is to raise money for the Muncie Mission by having a 24-hour sleep out, from 8 a.m. Wednesday to 8 a.m. Thursday, Adams said.
"It gives us a way to collect donations, clothes, money, food and to bring light to homelessness," he said.
Adams said the event was one of the fraternity's national programs done every year to raise awareness on homelessness.
Examples such as Hurricane Katrina and the California wildfires show people how sudden and unpredictable homelessness can be, he said.
The fraternity also will sleep in boxes to recreate the experience of being homeless, he said.
Adams said the fraternity holds the event so late in the year because it gives the opportunity to experience what the homeless go through.
Senior Ed McClung said this was his fourth year involved with the event. He said he liked participating because it gave the fraternity the opportunity to help those who are less fortunate.
"It's just a taste of what they go through," he said while fraternity members and their friends approached cars on the street to ask for donations.
McClung had been on the microphone to put people who passed by "on the spot" to donate as much as they could.
During the event he said phrases such as "Don't hate, donate" and "Spare some change to make a change."
The fraternity members try not to offend anybody, McClung said, but just try to push people to be generous.
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