 Alternative Spring Break- A unique way to spend your Spring break!
SIGN UP FOR TRIPS IS NOW OPEN!!!
Space is limited and going fast so sign up soon!!!!!
Sign up for trips is first come first serve basis
You can sign up for trips in the Center for Volunteer Serves during the hours of 9 to 12 Monday through Friday or by appointment. Please contact Emily @ eparsons@uwyo.edu !
DEPOSIT IS DUE AT TIME OF SIGN UP!
Payment can be made with check or credit card. Please no cash.
Fundraising Available
Work concession stands at basketball games to earn money for your trip.
International and domestic trips are open to any full time university student.
The Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program allows students the opportunity to work on community-based service projects both nationally and internationally. Through this unique program, students spend their break addressing a variety of social issues anywhere from homelessness to environmental preservation. Past service sites include Washington D.C., Moab, UT, and the Dominican Republic.
The ASB program is distinct in its students leading students model. Every year, students are selected, by an application process, to serve as Team Leaders for the service trips. Their responsibilities include planning and organizing the trips, teambuilding activities, as well as overseeing the group's needs while at their host site.
Need further convincing that participating in Alternative Spring Break is for you? Here's five reasons why you should join us in 2010!
- A sharpened sense of civic duty
- A deeper understanding of issues facing the world
- Make lifelong friendships
- A greater appreciation for diversity
- Inspiration to make a difference in your community
2010 International Trips
Orphanage Outreach
Location: Dominican Republic
Cost $1350
Deposit $350
This trip spends a week at a local orphanage. You will spend time the classroom teaching children, construction and upkeep around the orphanage and playing games and sports with the kids. During your week you will experience life in a rural orphanage.
http://www.orphanage-outreach.org/
Buiding a Better Commmunity
Location: Jamaica
Cost: $1350
Deposit $350
Participants will experience, first-hand, what life is like in a rual community in Jamaica. You will work with a local community organization while contributing your sweat and skills to build a better future for their community.
http://www.amizade.org/
Bilingual Education
Location: Costa Rica
Cost: $1350
Deposit 350
Spend a week working in an orphanage teaching English, helping the children with their studies and helping with necessary maintainance of the orphanage. Participants will also have the opportunity to brush up on their own Spanish skills with daily lessons.
http://maximonivel.com/volunteer/
2010 Domestic Trips
Hunger and Homelessness
Location: San Francisco, California
Cost: $700
Deposit $200
Participants will spend a week in downtown San Francisco addressing these tough issues of hunger and homelessness. Spend a week working with local food banks and homeless shelters to better the lives of the less fortunate.
Journey into the Everglades
Location: Florida City, Florida
Cost: $700
Deposit $200
Participants will gain a wide variety of experiences ranging from community experience in the Everglades National Forest to taking in the serine and relaxing area they will be staying in. Spend your week volunteering in the Everglades National Park and Biscayne National Park.
Adventures in the Grand Canyon
Location: Grand Canyon, Arizona
Cost: $300
Deposit $100
Join us for a unique spring break in the Grand Canyon! Participants will be helping to preserve its pristine ecology and exclusive landscape.
Application Process
Trips are filled on a first come, first served basis. Don't miss out! Visit us at the Center for Volunteer Service office to sign up or contact us at asb@uwyo.edu to reserve your spot on a trip.
Pre-Trip Commitments
ASB participants are requited to attend bi-monthly meetings and participate in our Martin Luther King Jr. Service Day. Some site specific trainings may be required also.
Payment Schedule
All participants are expected to cover the full cost of their trip. Fundraising opportunities will be available. What you should know about paying for your trip:
- An initial deposit is due when you sign up.
- The remaining balance will be divided into two payments.
- Please remember that ALL payments are NON-REFUNDABLE.
- If you decide to participate in an ASB trip after any of the deadlines have passed, you owe the full amount up to that date at the time of application.
International trip payment schedule
- First Payment of $500 due January 22nd
- Second Payment of $500 due Febuary 26th
Flying Trip payment schedule
- First Payment of $250 due January 22nd
- Second Payment of $250 due Febuary 26th
Driving Trip Payment schedule
- First Payment of $100 due January 22nd
- Second Payment of $100 due Febuary 26th
Alcohol Policy
The Alternative Spring Break trips are DRUG and ALCOHOL FREE. This applies to all applicants, even those over the age of 21. Participants in violation of this policy will be sent home immediately at their own expense.
Contact Information
For more information regarding ASB, please contact ASB coordinators Jen Lang and Scott Headrick at asb@uwyo.edu or call 307.766.3117.
Last Updated on 11/11/2009 10:21:10 AM | 
