Since 2001, the Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program has provided students at Western New England College with opportunities for service learning and leadership development. Part of a growing social movement of students and young people, alternative breaks allow students to engage in meaningful direct service while exploring social issues and building relationships.
ASB provides a unique opportunity for students to dedicate their spring break to engaging in community service by immersing themselves in communities they are unfamiliar with and doing work they may never done before. Reflection activities are also incorporated to help students solidify, process and connect the experience to their learning and to the global community.
Our students have worked with issues surrounding children and youth, hunger and homelessness, endangered animals, and environmental conversation, just to name a few.
