Alternative Spring Break
Every year, Wilkes students trade their free time during spring break for an uncommon alternative: service.
The Alternative Spring Break Program is a unique opportunity to reach out our helping hands to communities across our nation and across the globe.
Service
Over the past 19 years, Wilkes has joined with numerous organizations to build and repair homes, assist seniors, teach children, and bring help to people who need it most.
Culture
Each trip provides an opportunity to experience life in a different culture. Whether it’s food or music, language or dance, politics or recreation, every destination becomes an adventure!
Education
Participants begin thinking critically about social, political, and economic issues in the months before each trip.
Leadership & Teamwork
Service trips are coordinated by student leaders with active roles in facilitating, team building, fundraising, publicity, pre-trip education and developing the trip itinerary. All participants work together to challenge themselves, take risks, communicate, build trust and grow more committed to working for social justice.
Fun
ASB trips are about building relationships, self-discovery, skill-building, reaching goals and learning something new. And when you do it all while serving others, what could be more fun?
Community Support
The generosity of friends and alumni allows the ASB program to expand and improve every year. This would not be possible without the contributions of Student Government, Programming Board, the Felice Salsburg Fund, and all who supported various fundraisers and events.
Our Previous Journeys:
- India
- Alexandria, LA
- Pipestem, WV
- Miami, FL, and Santarem, Brazil
- Talequah, OK, and Germany/Poland
- Eastern Kentucky and Lima, Peru
- New Orleans, LA
- Dominican Republic
- Costa Rica
- Tennessee