Search Results for: “Alternative Breaks”

Thirty Illinois State students helped clean up the Mississippi River last spring break. Female student with back turned and Illinois State University on her shirt.

Jumping into Alternative Breaks

  • April 13, 2023
I spent four days of my spring break picking up trash in a life jacket and rubber boots. It was one of the best experiences of my life.
International Space Station

Alternative Breaks offers out-of-this-world experience in December 2022

  • April 1, 2022
This December, 10 students and one faculty/staff member will volunteer aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of an Alternative Winter Break trip. The team will be assisting Planet...
Four students posed by a ladder

Applications open for Alternative Breaks

  • September 14, 2021
Students who take part in AB are given opportunities to lead and take part in local, national, and global service trips to help communities in need. Some of these trips include building homes for...
Students pose outside by benches

Alternative Breaks plans service trips for May 2021

  • February 12, 2021
Alternative Breaks will begin hosting service trips once again this May, after being on hold since March 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Individuals pose outside of a building

(CANCELLED) Alternative Breaks celebrates 20 years of making a difference

  • November 18, 2019
CANCELLED: Events scheduled to be held to mark Alternative Breaks' 20th anniversary have been cancelled in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Veronique Parmenter with camper at Camp Summit during Alternative Spring Break.

Alternative Breaks: Lighting a fire in the hearts of students

  • September 11, 2019
Time and again, Veronique Parmenter has seen Illinois State University’s Alternative Breaks program light a fire in the hearts of students and give them a desire to make a difference in the world.
Students collecting bags of trash

New fee structure makes Alternative Breaks trips accessible to more students

  • September 9, 2019
A new fee structure is being implemented for the Alternative Breaks program to provide access for students who otherwise might not be able to participate in the program's impactful service...
students in a line with bags of trash on Alternative Break

From the source: Why students choose Alternative Breaks

  • March 29, 2019
There are many reasons students choose to participate in Alternative Break. Hear from some current students on why they dove in and what they've gotten out of the experience.
A large group of individuals pose sitting on concrete steps

Apply now to be an Alternative Breaks trip advisor

  • September 13, 2018
Applications are now being accepted for trip advisor positions on upcoming Alternative Breaks trips.
Participants complete service projects on an Alternative Breaks trip

Alternative Breaks alumni trip set for June 29-July 1

  • May 15, 2018
Alternative Breaks alums and any alumni interested in civic engagement are invited to return to Bloomington-Normal and Illinois State University June 29 - July 1 for our first Alternative Breaks...