Service Learning & Community Action
Alternative Spring Break
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Boston, MA – 2011 |
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Pensacola, FL – 2011 |
Altnerative Spring Break (ASB) is a weeklong immersive service experience. The ASB program at Emerson College began in 2007, with one 12-student trip to New Orleans with Habitat for Humanity. Since then, the program has blossomed. In 2008, it doubled in size, with one group of students working with the Youth Services Opportunities Project in Washington, D.C.; another doing Hurricane Katrina relief in Waveland, MS; and a third working with several organizations throughout Boston.
The program has maintained the tradition of multiple trips with different themes, including a Boston option. With ASB, there is a great experience waiting for everyone. Participants have been able to tear into drywall, serve in soup kitchens, play games with children, and form relationships with varied communities while learning about life in different parts of the country, especially in areas affected by poverty and natural disaster.
Beyond the service itself, ASB also offers a chance to live, work, and play with a great group of Emerson students. It’s always a fantastic, challenging, and rewarding week that is impossible to forget.
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Office of Service Learning and Community Action (SLCA)
120 Boylston Street (Walker Building), Room 205
Phone: 617-824-8774
Suzanne_Hinton@emerson.edu
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