Idaho State University

You can change the world with your own two hands
                  -Ben Harper

    Our mission is to serve the region and beyond by connecting students, faculty, and staff with service opportunities that address needs which have been identified by each community, provide real learning experiences for those serving and for those being served, and that result in positive outcomes for the greater good. Beyond volunteerism, community action and civic engagement, encourage student volunteers and community members to engage in advocacy that leads to positive social change for underserved populations; both human and non-human.

     

The Alternative Spring Break Program (ASB) has provided opportunities for ISU students to travel to other parts of the country to experience many types of diversity and to understand the broader social issues that affect the nation. Their exposure to the non-profit world presents them with the possibilities of applying most any discipline to professional employment opportunities with agencies working on national and global issues.

ASB has taken students to Atlanta to work in homeless shelters for men and women & children, Tucson to help build transitional housing for Viet Nam Veterans, New Orleans (4 times prior to Hurricane Katrina) to rehab homes purchased by Volunteers of America New Orleans for men coming out of drug and alcohol rehab, New Orleans one time for Hurricane Katrina relief, New York two times to work with Housing Works an agency that provides housing for homeless people living on the streets with HIV and AIDS, Boston to work at the Codman Medical Center which provides jobs and medical care to people in a once blighted neighborhood that has now been revitalized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Program, Puerto Rico to work in a Rain Forest Reserve, Mexico to work in an estuary, and most recently Mississippi for ongoing Katrina relief.

If you are interested in establishing Alternative Spring Break as a Student Organization…. Please contact the Students’ Community Service Center located in the involvement Center on the bottom floor of the Pond Student Union.

Check out our photo gallery for pictures of the SCSC at Alternative Spring Break.