The 2012 Spring Breaks Ap in now available! Due date is Feb. 26th...
Our Nine Spring Break Trip Destinations include:
Detroit, MI working with Earthworks Urban Farms...
Homestead, FL working in Everglades & Key Biscayne National Parks...
New Haven, CT working on refugee and immigrant issues...
Kentucky and the Kentucky Equine Center (Horses need love, too)
Virginia and the trails maintained by the American Hiking Society
Georgia and the International Rescue Committee
New Orleans, LA working with Katrina relief (YES, still work to be done!).
Hubert, NC working with wild animal rehabilitation...
Bridgeport, AL working in the Russell Cave National Monument
For more information and the Application Form please click on the Trip Applications menu item on the left side of this page...
AND/OR Attend one of our INFO SESSIONS:
MONDAY, 2/13, 7:00-8:00pm Memorial Union-TITU
WEDNESDAY, 2/15, 6:00-7:00pm Memorial Union-TITU
Learn more about each trip and the service work you will be doing. Get tips and pointers for completing your application (AND getting the trip you want!). Learn about other things the WUD Alt Breaks Committee is planning...
2012 Spring Breaks Timeline
- Feb 6 - 26 Application Form available
- Feb 26, 5pm - Application Deadline - late applications are NOT accepted!
- March 2 Selected participants informed by email
- March 9 Trip Deposit due
- March 19 Mandatory Orientation Session & final Trip Payment due
AND We Are Planning Summer Break International Trips!
Travel to Nicaragua or Peru for a great volunteer experience, unique travel and cutural perspectives...
- March 1 International Trips Application Available
- March 5 International Trips Info Session - Memorial Union - TITU
- March 16 International Trip Application DUE
- March 23 Trip Participants Notified
- April 15 International Trips Orientation Session
Alt Breaks Information
Travel
Alternative Breaks travels to economically, culturally, and environmentally diverse locations all across the United States.
Serve
Alternative Breaks provides service learning opportunities working with important issues such as the environment, education, immigration, poverty, and other unmet human needs.
Change Lives (including yours!)
Alternative Breaks exposes students to communities and immersion experiences which cannot be replicated on the UW Madison campus. These lessons and perspectives can then be applied in students' own communities.
The Alternative Breaks program provides UW-Madison students with an opportunity to participate in volunteer and educational trips to culturally diverse and economically disadvantaged communities throughout the United States.
Students are Cheap... So are our Trips.
1-2 week trips - $250-$500
Weekend Trips - approximately $25
Scholarships available on a need-basis
Trip participation based on Applications.
Applications available appx. 2 months before trips
Pick up Applications: Online or in the 5th Floor Offices of Memorial Union
Trips Open to ALL UW students.
Winter, Spring and Weekend Break Trips are domestic, so no visas/passports are necessary. Summer Break Trips are usually offered as international trips.
International students are welcome!
All trip participants are students.
Trips operate based on a collaborative leadership model.
Trips have no official leader/chaperone.
Trip participants share responsibilities.
Training is provided prior to departure.
All participants must attend a mandatory orientation to learn about Alternative Breaks' policies, expectations and to meet their fellow trip-goers!
Additional Info
The Alternative Breaks Program is a student-run committee of the Union's Student Programming Board, the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD).
To be a member of the awesome Alternative Breaks committee and help plan the trips and other event, please attend one of our weekly meetings, Wednesdays at 8:00pm in the Memorial Union, TITU - or send us an email with your questions and ideas!