Alternative Breaks Program

The Alternative Breaks Program places teams of college students in communities to engage in community service and experiential learning during their spring breaks. 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. Being completely immersed into diverse environments enables participants to experience, discuss, and understand social issues in a significant way. The intensity of the experience increases the likelihood that participants will transfer the lessons learned on-site back to their own communities even after the alternative break ends.

Alternative Spring Break 2008 Team for project near Lake Charles, LA. Alternative Spring Break 2008 Students With A Purpose Team: UTPA & Ramapo College of New Jersey (RGV & Reynosa) Alternative Summer Break 2008 Students With A Purpose Team: UTPA & Ramapo College of New Jersey (NJ & NY)