Alternative Winter Break, December 2007. UCI students at St. Anthony's Foundation clothing store in San Francisco, near the Tenderloin District, sorting through donated clothing. This clothing will be hung on racks to be put on display in the store where the clothes is given away to people in need coming to shop.
Pictured: (from left) Connie, Delia, Anna, & Sophie.
UCI Alternative Break Program
What is Alternative Break?
An alternative break program places teams of college or high school students in communities to engage in community service and experiential learning during their winter or spring break.
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.
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.
S P R I N G 2 0 0 8 T R I P S
Catalina Island Conservancy, Avalon, CA
AIDS Project, Los Angeles, CA
Nevada Conservation Corps, Las Vegas, Nevada
Fire Relief Efforts on American Indian Reservation, La Jolla, CA
W I N T E R 2 0 0 7 T R I P
Humanitarian Efforts in the Tenderloin District, San Francisco, CA
Volunteer for
Glide Memorial Church, Saint Anthony Foundation, San Francisco Food Bank, Street Side Stories & Youth Emergency Assistance Hostel.
First Hand Experiences
Alternative Break Experiences
UCI students discuss their experiences on an Alternative Break trip and the impact it has had on their lives, overall. Watch the YouTube Video below to hear first hand from UCI students about Alternative Break.
Want to know how the Winter Alternative Break trip to San Francisco went for the students. Click here to read their blog.
H O W D O I A P P L Y ?
Applications will be available mid Fall quarter of 2008 for all the trips of the 2008-2009 Academic year. You will be able to download them on this website or find a hard copy in our office at that time.
