Break Away Program

Students on rocksThe Break Away alternative spring break program gives students the chance to engage in local, national and international community service projects. Johnson State College was a founding chapter of the Break Away program (which currently has a network of over 100 chapter schools), and since 1991, the JSC Center for Service Learning has sponsored 84 Break Away trips with 839 participants.

Break Away 2008 will include eight student leaders with six program issue areas and trips for approximately 40 students, faculty and staff. Site issues include: environmental, hunger and homelessness, youth and education, and disaster relief. This year, JSC is also adding Alternative Weekends, where student leaders create one-to-two day intensive local service projects that connect with the full-week Break Away issue areas.