One of the longest running services that SMU has to offer islooking for new life this year as it relaunches with two newsponsors.

Beginning in the ‘60s, Community Service Day was quitepopular on campus, but in recent years its following has graduallyfallen off.

Last year, the office for Leadership and Community Involvementhosted two community service days, one in the fall and another inthe spring. However, only about 100 people attended each event.Additionally, most student organizations found their ownprojects.

This year, the LCI is hoping for a more promising outcome forthe event that will take place Saturday from noon to 4:30 p.m.

“Organizations are more structured than last year, andeveryone involved is coming together and dispersing into thecommunity, which definitely wasn’t there last year,”said Liz Eichenlaub, the program coordinator for CommunityInvolvement.

Approximately 750 people have signed up through organizations tovolunteer for the day, which includes 30 non-profit organizationsthroughout the Dallas community.

A new aspect of this year’s project is its incorporationinto Homecoming week. Students may participate in Community ServiceDay in order to receive spirit points.

“We had a date picked out, then, we just ran into StudentFoundation and incorporated it into part of Homecoming,”Eichenlaub said.

Last year, Student Foundation sponsored a canned food drive forHomecoming week, but this year the leaders are hoping for morehands-on service.

In order to sign-up for Community Service Day, organizations hadto go online and register their top five groups.

“It was assigned first come, first serve,”Eichenlaub said. Student organizations had to register early to gettheir top choice. Registration ended Tuesday.

This year’s primary sponsor comes from Senate, and thenewly-formed service organization, Students Promoting Awareness,Responsibility and Citizenship, previously known as M.O.V.E.

“Without the Senate, we wouldn’t have been able todo it,” Eichenlaub said. “They gave us funding and aresupporting a reflection barbeque.”

The reflection barbeque incorporates the educational side behindthe event and begins at 4:30 p.m., after all the service events forthe day have been completed.

“This will be where everyone comes back after the serviceprojects to eat, and there will be an open mic where people candiscuss what they learned and how they were affected,”Eichenlaub said.