Alternative Break Trip

Purpose of Alternative Break Trips

• Engage in community service projects for a short, pre-defined period of time.
• Make a tremendous impact in the world through acts of charity, goodwill and justice.
• Provides urban, rural, and international experiences for Heidelberg University students
• Provides a service-learning model for experiencing different cultures and the role of leadership
• Better prepare students to be a socially conscious citizen of the world

Be a Student Leader

• Applications available now for Student Leader for Alternative Breaks
• Openings for Fall Break ’14, Winter Break ’14, Spring Break ‘15
• Responsibilities include:
  • Develop a service project with a site of your choice
  • Coordinate host-site, lodging, and transportation
  • Reserve space for 11 or 22 volunteers at your choice of service site
  • Assist with the recruitment and selection of student participants
  • Create a trip itinerary, budgeting, and fundraising for trip
  • Schedule weekly meetings with team and chosen advisor
  • Train student team leaders in their coordinated positions
  • Submit transportation request for Krammes vehicles
  • Develop and facilitate daily service learning reflections during trip
  • Maintain contact with students, advisors, site, lodging, and HU staff.
• Student Leaders will have a discount on the cost of the trip in return for their efforts to coordinate the trip
• 75% for domestic trips and 50% for trips that require airfare.

Apply to be a member of a trip!