Auburn Alternative Student Breaks is a campus organization aiming to provide a different way for students to spend their breaks.
ASB President Hunter Whitten, senior in building science said the organization plans multiple projects each year.
“[We organize] affordable, substance-free, experimental service-learning projects.”
The organization will be taking 11 trips throughout the 2016-2017 academic year, Whitten said.
Among these planned trips is one fall break trip, five winter break trips, one Martin Luther King day-trip and four spring break trips
Of these trips, eight will be domestic and three will be international, Whitten said.
Whitten said these trips provide students with experience encouraging an understanding of critical social issues by providing the opportunity for service in various locations near and far.
Applications for the MLK trip to Selma, Alabama on January 16th are currently open, Whitten said.
Whitten said attendees of the MLK tip will spend the day volunteering after they've been transported and receive food.
ASB's Spring Break trips are open until Friday, Jan. 27, Whitten said, and consist of trips to Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, Hendersonville, North Carolina, and Kississmmee, Florida.
Applicants will be chosen based on their application solely, Whitten said, so he encourages them to spend time on the application to best reflect themselves as potential participants.
Whitten said the organization also plans to present on the Haley Concourse every Wednesday for the month of November between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to answer students' questions regarding the application and excursions.
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