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Alternative Spring Break Trips
The Office of Service Learning is the home of Alternative Spring Breaks trips, serving others and creating a bond with a new group of friends during a drug and alcohol free week. In 2010 we organized 15 fantastic service projects, going across the United States, South America, and even to the United Kingdom.
2010
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View Argentina - Twelve students and staff member Felicity Keeley '09 traveled to Buenos Aires to work with L.I.F.E.
View Costa Rica - 12 students, led by Jessica Peterson and ResLife Coordinator Daniel Niebler '05, journeyed to La Marina Wildlife Rescue Center Foundation located in La Marina of San Carlos in the province of Alajuela.
View Washington, DC - Twelve students from Eckerd spent their spring break 2010 tackling issues of HIV/AIDS and poverty in our nation's capital.
View Guatemala - Eleven students along with ECOS President Lauren DeLalla '11 and staff member Makenzie Schiemann traveled to Guatemala to perform service work at Comunidad Nueva Alianza.
View Honduras - A group of 11 students, led by staff member Justin Walker '09, traveled to La Ceiba, Honduras to explore service opportunities and challenge their notions of joy and comfort.
View Immokalee, FL - Over the course of the Immokalee spring break service trip, students engaged in various types of service relating to issues of migrant farm workers and their families.
View Northern Ireland - Fourteen Eckerd students and staff traveled to Belfast, Northern Ireland to work with the Wave Trauma Centre to assist with victims on both sides of the conflict in Northern Ireland historically known as "The Troubles".
View Kentucky - Studnts worked with the Appalachia: Science in the Public Interest Organization picking up trash, planting trees and helping repair hiking trails.
View Morocco - Students spent the week in Africa working for Islamic-based NGOs.
View Nicaragua - 10 students, lead by senior Jon Kenney and staff member Debi Lanning traveled to Managua, Nicaragua to work with the poor in both an urban and rural setting.
View Panama - 12 students traveled to Panama to provide service for the largest orphanage in the country, San Jose de Malambo.
View Peru - Students headed to the Andes to do work with schoolchildren.
View Puerto Rico - 11 students traveled to Puerto Rico to do environmental volunteer work at Hacienda Verde, a holistic ecological reserve.
View Trinidad - 15 students and staff headed to Trinidad to work with the Red Cross of Trinidad and Tobago in association with Missions International.
2009
Spring Break 2009 sent students out to Panama, New Orleans, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Miami, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Virginia, Ecuador, Peru, Louisiana, Jamaica, Berlin, the Bahamas and elsewhere.
Panama - 13 students and Director of Service-Learning Brian MacHarg traveled to Panama this spring break to do volunteer work at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Hogar Divino Nino, a Catholic-run orphanage for very young children.
New Orleans - 11 Eckerd College students spent their spring break working in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans focusing on continued Hurricane relief and Environmental Justice.
Costa Rica, Rainsong - Students work at Rainsong, a small wildlife sanctuary in the tiny town of Cabuya, Costa Rica.
Nicaragua - Students spend their Spring Break in La Paz digging holes for bio-gas systems.
Miami - 12 students from Eckerd College and Associate Chaplain Andrew Black explore the complex intersection of HIV/AIDS, Poverty, Race, and Immigration while directly serving those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in Ft. Lauderdale/ Miami.
Guatemala - 13 students traveled to the Petén state of northern Guatemala to volunteer for ARCAS, a wildlife rescue and conservation association.
Puerto Rico - 13 Eckerd students traveled to Patillas, Puerto Rico to work with Tropic Ventures at Las Casas de la Selva, a 1000 acre rainforest preserve and research site for sustainable forestry.
Costa Rica, Sloth Preserve - 11 students traveled to Cahuita, Costa Rica to spend their time working with sloths at Aviarios del Caribe.
Virginia - 11 students return to Staunton River State Park in Scottsburg, Virginia.
Ecuador - Students head to Quito to Puyo and then to the Arutam reserve to work and live with the Shuar, an indigenous community.
Peru - A group of 11 students spend their Spring Break in Lima, Peru working with Niño Luz, an organization that is located in the community of 30 de Mayo.
Louisiana - 10 Eckerd students embarked on a journey up to the Louisiana bayou to a town called Houma to provide hurricane relief for the Houma Nation, an as yet federally unrecognized Native American tribe in the bayou area.
Jamaica - 12 students head to Montego Bay, Jamaica to complete a week's worth of service with the Mustard Seed Organization, a group that assists individuals who are suffering from HIV/AIDS and mental and physical handicaps.
Berlin - 13 students traveled to Berlin, Germany to learn about the issue of Arab/Muslim immigration in Europe.
Bahamas - Students travel to the Bahamas to work at a local YMCA that is still recovering from the multiple hurricanes of 2005.
2008
Spring Break 2008 sent students out to Alaska, Arizona, Costa Rica, Honduras, Immokalee FL, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Ukiah, Ukraine, Virgina and elsewhere.
Anchorage, Alaska - 12 students volunteer at The Bird Treatment and Learning Center.
Arizona - 10 students participated in a week long project to renovate homes at the Black Mesa Reservation.
Costa Rica - Students traveled to Santa Elena, Costa Rica to do trail work in the gorgeous Santa Elena Bosque Nuboso (Cloud Forest).
Honduras - Students work at an orphanage run by an NGO called Helping Honduras Kids.
Immokalee - 11 Eckerd students spent their time serving in Immokalee, Florida at the Friendship House, a homeless shelter where they assisted with meal preparation, cleaning, and sorting donated goods.
Peru - 13 students went to Huancayo Peru to volunteer with the NGO Tinkuy Peru.
Puerto Rico - Students traveled to Patillas, Puerto Rico to work with Tropic Ventures, a 1000 acre rainforest preserve and research site for sustainable forestry.
St. Petersburg - Seven students served in St. Petersburg at Southeastern Guide Dogs, the Christmas Toy Shop, Creative Clay and Melrose Elementary.
Trinidad - 13 students took the long journey to work with a small NGO, SOS Tobago (Save Our Sea Turtles), with their mission to save the dwindling populations of leatherbacks, the largest sea turtle in the world, on the island of Tobago.
Ukiah - 12 students travelled to The City of Ten Thousand Buddha's, located in Ukiah, California.
Odessa, Ukraine - 11 Eckerd students accompanied Director of Service-Learning Brian MacHarg to Odessa, Ukraine to work with street children at The Way Home.
Balaklyia, Ukraine - Students help Jump start the Balaklyia Service Club.
Virginia - Students worked on building fish habitat, clearing brush, building a trail across a beaver swamp, staining cabins (historical restoration), and landscaping at the Staunton River State Park.
2007
Spring Break 2007 sent students out to Iceland, Ecuador, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Arizona, Mexico, Kentucky, Mississippi, Puerto Rico and elsewhere.
Iceland - 13 participants did environmental service for a national park
Ecuador - 12 participants worked with indigenous children in the Andes highlands
Jamaica - 12 students worked alongside Peace Corps volunteers
Dominican Republic - 11 participants did environmental service
Mexico/Arizona - 12 participants worked on immigration issues
Mexico, Yucatan - 16 participants worked in schools to help teach English
Appalachian Kentucky - 10 students worked on rural poverty issues
Mississippi - 11 participants did Hurricane Katrina relief work
St. Petersburg - 6 participants focused on local urban issues
Puerto Rico - 13 participants did AIDS and other health care-related service
2006
Spring Break 2006 sent students out to Peru, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Hollywood, Asheville, Georgia, New Orleans and elsewhere.
Peru - 12 participants worked with children in schools and orphanages in the highlands
Costa Rica - 12 participants worked on environmental issues in the cloud forest
Uruguay - 13 participants worked at a sea turtle rehabilitation center on the coast
Dominican Republic - 12 students helped build a school
Mexico - 12 participants worked on health issues at a small town clinic
Hollywood - 11 participants worked at faith-based issues
Asheville, NC - 9 students helped build a house for Habitat for Humanity
Georgia - 15 participants focused on both rural and urban poverty issues
New Orleans - 11 participants did Hurricane Katrina recovery
2005
Spring Break 2005 sent students out to Venezuela, Utah, Seattle, Puerto Rico, the Florida Keys, New Orleans and elsewhere.
Venezuela - 12 participants worked with street kids from Caracas
Utah - 12 participants did animal welfare work
Seattle - 11 students worked on environmental projects
San Juan, Puerto Rico - 11 participants worked with faith-based agencies
Florida Keys - 12 students did environmental service
New Orleans - 10 participants focused on urban poverty
2004
Panama - 12 participants did environmental service and worked with children in poverty
Juno Beach, Florida - 12 participants did sea turtle volunteer work
Washington, DC - 12 participants addressed AIDS and homeless issues
Immokalee, Florida - 11 students focused on immigration and farmworker justice
2003
Alaska - 13 participants performed environmental service work
San Francisco - 12 participants worked on urban issues
Immokalee, Florida - 10 participants focused on immigration and farmworker issues
2002
Chicago - 12 participants worked on inner-city poverty issues
Savannah - 6 participants worked on poverty issues
Miami - 9 participants addressed homelessness issues
2001
Immokalee, FL - 4 students worked on migrant farm worker issues
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