E-mail this pageAlternative Breaks Program
Getting Involved and Giving Back
The mission of the Alternative Break Porgram is to provide students with opportunities to engage in intensive service experiences with communities in need during campus breaks, and through reflective activities, promote civic engagement, leadership development, and appreciation of diversity.
The program challenges students to participate in an extended and intensive service experience during the college's winter or spring breaks.
These experiential learning opportunities help students develop a sense of personal identity and community, as well as an understanding of important societal issues, while helping other who are in need of assistance.
Each trip provides the opportunity to meet new people, visit new places, and learn new skills. Alternative Break can be a very rewarding, and sometimes, life changing experience, but it is a challenging commitment.
The Sites for Alternative Break 2010 are:
- Habitat for Humanity in Jackson, TN; Bridgeport, CT; Greensboro, GA; Macon, GA
- Headstart Preschool Program in Bridgeton, NJ
- Student Conservation Association in Mt. Rogers, VA
- Shack Neighborhood House in Pursglove, WV
- Capital Area Therapeutic Riding Association in Grantville, PA
- Heifer Project in Rutland, MA and Community Servings in Boston, MA
- Florida State Park Agency in Naples, FL
Interested In Applying?
Applications are available now for the Alternative Winter Break, due Oct. 30 from the Center for Student Involvement located in the Angell College Center. Alternative Spring Break applications will be available Nov. 2 and due Nov. 13 in the Center for Student Involvement.
Contact Information
If you would like to learn more about Volunteerism at SUNY Plattsburgh, we invite you to stop in, or call:
Cori Matthews, Director of Campus Activities
Center for Student Involvement
Office Location: Angell College Center 101
Phone: (518) 564-4830
E-mail: cori.matthews@plattsburgh.edu