Contradictory to their name, hundreds of students won't be in "disguise" Saturday when they are out in full force volunteering their time.
About 400 students will work with the Community Service Coalition's Devils in Disguise 2007 program and give up their Saturday to work at various events such as the Tempe YMCA Health Kids Day.
"This is by far the largest community service project the University has," said broadcast journalism student Rafael Carranza, one of the co-chairs for the project.
"It feels great the day of (the event) to see...how it all comes together."
The program runs from 8 a.m. to midnight, and during that time students will go to 11 different sites including the National Multiple Sclerosis Walk, Step It Up '07 and Helping Hands Housing Services, said business and art junior Alix Hornyan, another co-chair for the project.
After the students come back at midnight, they can stay and eat pizza and enjoy a band until 1:30 a.m., Hornyan said.
About 50 students go to each site to volunteer their time, but that is not enough, Carranza said.
"We are still looking for students to sign up," he said.
He would like to see 600 students sign up for the event.
"A lot of times students sleep in, forget to come or something comes up," Carranza added.
If more students sign up, there is a better chance the program won't be shorthanded the day of the project, he added.
Devils in Disguise looked for donations from companies to help purchase necessities for the day such as transportation to and from the locations.
Starbucks stepped up this year and encouraged other companies to help as well, said graduate student Khara O'Connell, the adviser for the program.
ASU clubs and organizations also donated money to help raise the $6,700 needed, O'Connell said.
The Residence Hall Association, Undergraduate Student Government and Community Service Program were some of the clubs that donated money, she added.
The community service project has been in the works since the start of the fall semester.
"In the fall, meetings are held to educate students about how to contact a site and organize the event," Hornyan said.
O'Connell said she is excited for Saturday.
"This is my first experience with Devils in Disguise and it has been great so far," O'Connell said. "I'm excited for Saturday to see everything after the project is done."
Reach the reporter at: heather.cutler@asu.edu.
