alternative spring break

Alternative spring break trips offer 'opportunity to learn and to continue to grow'

While spring break can be a time to relax and recharge, some students use it as an opportunity to volunteer, giving back to communities near and far through alternative spring break programs. Some Northeastern students are in Havana, Cuba, for the week, volunteering at community gardens, improving community buildings, and assisting local women with sewing.

Students share ‘transformative’ experiences of Alternative Spring Break

We spoke with three students who are participating in Alternative Spring Break this week, working at an animal sanctuary in Utah, an organic farm in Puerto Rico, and for a nutrition services program in Georgia. In one-on-one interviews, they shared their experiences and why they are so passionate about volunteerism.

Students work to expand understanding of immigration

More than 180 students will be participating in the Center of Community Service’s Alternative Spring Break program this week. One group of young humanitarians will be volunteering with a Texas-based nonprofit that was founded by labor rights activist César Chávez to help families fight deportations and effect positive social change in their community.

Communication devices ‘enable’ children with disabilities

An interdisciplinary group of Northeastern students and faculty have combined their knowledge of engineering and physical therapy to design, develop, and then deliver two low-cost communication devices to disabled kids living at a pair of orphanages in Ecuador.

Alternative Spring Break, by the numbers

Members of the Northeastern community will spend this week volunteering at 17 locations across the Americas for Alternative Spring Break, including Selma, Alabama, on the 50th anniversary of the historic voting rights march.

Students trade studying for service

Eleven students spent spring break volunteering at the Peaceable Kingdom Retreat for Children, a Texas-based organization that provides fun day camp experiences for kids with special needs.

Tweets of the Week: March 3-6

The Empower campaign, Alternative Spring Break, faculty research, and more reasons why students “heart” co-op were among our selections for tweets from and about the Northeastern community this week. Building sustainable combustion stoves at Plenitud in Las Marias, Puerto Rico! #NUASB2014 @nu_service pic.twitter.com/TILtdh9kOn — Mallory Kate (@CallMeMallory) March 2,…

Infographic: Northeastern’s Alternative Spring Break

More than 180 student, faculty, and staff volunteers are doing community service projects across the U.S. and in four other countries this week for Alternative Spring Break. Check out this infographic for a closer look at their impact.

On Spring Break, students spring into action

This week, 186 members of the Northeastern community will participate in service projects in 15 communities across the U.S. and four other countries for Alternative Spring Break—a weeklong immersive living and volunteering experience.

3Qs: Service opens pathway to leadership

For students like Hannah Kilfoye, SSH’15, community service on holds the key to becoming a student leader. This week, she is a team leader on Northeastern’s Alternative Spring Break program in the Dominican Republic with Outreach360.

Alternative Spring Break at Northeastern