Alternative Spring Breaks

What is an Alternative Spring Break (ASB)?
An Alternative Break places teams of college students in communities to engage in community service and experiential learning during their summer, fall, winter or spring breaks. Students perform short-term projects for community agencies and learn about issues such as literacy, poverty, racism, hunger, homelessness, and the environment. The objectives of an Alternative Break program are to involve college students in community-based service projects and to give students opportunities to learn about the problems faced by members of communities with whom they otherwise may have had little or no direct contact.

2009 Alternative Spring Breaks

• ASB Site Leader Information Session
  • Are you a student that wants to find out how to become a Site Leaders for the 2009 Alternative Spring Break program?
  • Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 5:00-6:00pm - Rice Memorial Center (RMC) 2nd Floor Conference Room
    
    
• ASB Site Leader Application Process
  • Part I - Site Leader Information
  • Part II - Site Leader Agreement
  • Part III - Site Leader Application
  • Application Deadline: 5:00pm on Friday, September 12, 2008
    
    
• ASB Faculty/Staff Participation
  • Are you a faculty or staff member at Rice University that wants to learn more about or become involved in an Alternative Spring Break trip?
  • Faculty/Staff Participant Information Session - Learn the basics of the ASB program, the role of a faculty/staff participant, and talk to past faculty/staff participants about their experiences.
    • Tuesday, October 21 - 11:30am-1:30pm - Rice Memorial Center (RMC) 2nd Floor Conference Room
  • Faculty/Staff Meet & Greet - Meet the Site Leaders that will be running the 2009 Alternative Spring Break trips, learn about the scheduled trips, and have a chance to talk one-on-one with the students that will be selecting faculty/staff participants.
    • Thursday, October 23 - 11:30am-1:30pm - Rice Memorial Center (RMC) Miner Lounge
      
      
• ASB Student Participant Information Session
  • Do you want to find out about the 2009 Alternative Spring Break options and learn how to get involved in the fun? Meet some of the Site Leaders of this year's trips, ask questions, and hear about the agencies, locations, and service.
  • Monday, October 20, 2008 - 5:00-6:30pm - Rice Memorial Center (RMC) Farnsworth Pavilion
    
    
• ASB Participant Application Process
  • International ASB Participant Application
    • To be posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008
    • Application Deadline: 5:00pm on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
    • Applicant Interviews: Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5, 2008
  • Domestic ASB Participant Application
    • To be posted Wednesday, October 15, 2008
    • Application Deadline: 5:00pm on Monday, November 3, 2008
    • Applicant Interviews: Saturday, November 8 and Sunday, November 9, 2008
      

Alternative Break Donor Information

Information and Photos From Previous ASBs

• 2008
  • Community Involvement Center (CIC) ASB to Reynosa, Mexico
  • Environmental Club ASB to Homestead, FL
  • Habitat for Humanity ASB to Tacoma, WA
  • Humanitarian Medical Outreach (HuMed) ASB to Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Rice Outdoors Club ASB to Boulder Creek, CA
  • Teach for America ASB to Moorhead, MS
  • Rice Pre-Medical Society (RPMS) ASB to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
  • Rice Student Volunteer Program (RSVP) ASB to Eagle Butte, SD
  • Rice Women's Resource Center (RWRC) ASB to Washington, DC
• 2007
  • Rice Pre-Medical Society (RPMS) ASB to Mexico
  • Community Involvement Center (CIC) ASB to Mexico
  • Habitat for Humanity ASB to Biloxi, MS
  • Baker College Course ASB to Rio Grande Valley (Pharr, TX)
  • Rice Outdoors Club (ROC) ASB to Santa Cruz, California
  • Rice Student Volunteer Program (RSVP) ASB to St. Louis, MO
  • Community Involvement Center (CIC) Service Council ASB to New York, NY
  • Community Involvement Center (CIC) Service Council ASB to Nicaragua
    
• 2006
• CIC's Alternative Spring Break to Reynosa, Mexico
• RSVP's Alternative Spring Break to Birmingham, AL
• RPMS's Alternative Spring Break to Mexico
• Orphanage Outreach's International Alternative Spring Break to the Domincan Republic
• Environmental Club's Alternative Spring Break to Yellowstone
• ACLU's Alternative Spring Break to Pine Ridge, SD
  
• 2005
• CIC's Alternative Spring Break to Reynosa, Mexico
• Habitat for Humanity's Regional Alternative Spring Break to Austin, TX
• Habitat for Humanity's Domestic Alternative Spring Break to Oakland, CA
• RSVP's Alternative Spring Break to Washington, DC - Pictures Coming Soon!
• CIC's Alternative Spring Break to Reynosa, Mexico - Pictures Coming Soon!
• Habitat for Humanity's International Alternative Spring Break to Costa Rica - Pictures Coming Soon!
  
• 2004
• RPMS/HMO's Alternative Spring Break to Mexico
• Habitat for Humanity's Alternative Spring Break to South Dakota
• RSVP's Alternative Spring Break to Loveland, CO
• Habitat for Humanity's Alternative Spring Break to Tegucigalpa, Honduras
  
• 2003
• CIC's Alternative Spring Break to Acuña, Mexico
• Habitat for Humanity's Alternative Spring Break to South Dakota
  
• 2002
• CIC's Alternative Spring Break to Reynosa, Mexico
  
• 2001
• Habitat for Humanity's Alternative Spring Break to South Dakota
• 1999
• CIC's Alternative Spring Break to Reynosa, Mexico
  
• 1998 and earlier
• Habitat for Humanity's Alternative Spring Break to Honduras (1998)
• Habitat for Humanity's Alternative Spring Break to Honduras (1998 - More)

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