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Alternative Spring Break Ideas
Compiled by Juliana Dalotto, Director of Student Activities |
Across the nation, college and university students are choosing to spend their spring break in a different way — by helping others and the environment. At PUC, we too have high hopes for our students and how they devote their time. That is why we have compiled a list of organizations to help connect people to projects that match their interests and make a difference.
Habitat for Humanity has a special program for college students who can spend a week on construction work. The program provides you with a place to sleep, shower and cook, and most sites ask that you donate about $100 per person per week. Students pay their own travel.
Earthwatch has week-long tours during spring break season. This year students can explore the ecology of Mexico or Belize, monitor gray whale migrations, help out at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., or learn about climate change in New Orleans.
Cross-cultural Solutions offers projects around the world, like a mini-Peace Corps experience. Their one-week programs can take you to Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Peru, or Russia. Volunteers work in orphanages and child-care centers, schools, health clinics and hospitals, and other community organizations. You also get free time to explore, and the program provides cultural activities.
Here are some other helpful websites:
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