About Us
OUR MISSION:
Alternative Breaks strives to promote active citizenship within the student body through hands-on service learning projects, focusing on social and environmental issues throughout the nation.
OUR VISION:
Alternative Breaks envisions a community of active citizens, empowered through service learning, who value the community as a priority when making life decisions.
OUR VALUES:
Service Learning
Diversity and Inclusion
Teamwork
Dedication
Social and Environmental Responsibility
OUR PROGRAM:
Alternative Breaks (AB) offers students the opportunity to spend a Saturday, winter break, or spring break volunteering, learning about social and environmental issues, and meeting new people. AB strives to make each trip diverse by placing people from different backgrounds and organizations on each trip. This allows everyone to learn from other members of their group. AB is not religiously affiliated and welcomes people of all faiths and beliefs. All AB trips are drug and alcohol free. Alternative Breaks is also a great way to gain leadership experience. Past participants can become site leaders for the following year.
OUR PARTICIPANT EXPECTATIONS:
AB expects full attendance to all scheduled events and meetings, commitment to the no drug and alcohol policy, abidance by the AB constitution, and most importantly, that as a participant you remain flexible, open-minded, and responsible.