This spring break will be one to remember. As college students, we have been given the incredible opportunity to spend a few additional years of our lives learning. Volunteering is a way to share our skills and knowledge with others, and it is an incredible way to show others that we care. Alternative Spring Break participants are given the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in their field of study, which otherwise may not have been available until graduation. This career experience could prove invaluable in future career decisions.
Participants sometimes choose to change their major as a result of their trips.
Alternative Spring Break sends students to sites across the country. During spring break 2000, MU's ASB participants will travel as far west as Arizona, as far east as Florida, as far south as the Mexico-U.S. border, and as far north as Chicago. Alternative Spring Break participants spend a week immersed in communities and environments that are frequently quite different from those in which they grew up. The understanding that such an immersion brings is more complete and more valuable than any which could be gained by books and courses. Alternative Spring Break is also just plain fun.