Alternative spring break is a unique way to spend your spring break. There a variety of opportunities available now and being developed.

The Center of Community Service (web site) offers an alternative spring program.

What is a Community Service alternative spring break?

The concept is simple. An alternative break program places teams of college students in communities to engage in community service and experiential learning. Students leave behind the world of books and laboratories and enter communities grappling with issues as varied as urban poverty, racism, hunger, inadequate housing and environmental damage. In so doing, these students are able to contribute to the community through their hard work. Communities benefit from the tangible work completed, while students gain a broader understanding of the world around them. Many students have hailed the experience as fundamentally life-changing and the best week they’ve ever had.