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 91 Break Away trips with 899 participants.

Break Away 2009 will include ten student leaders with six program issue areas and trips for approximately 65 students, faculty and staff. Site issues include: environmental, hunger and homelessness, youth and education, disaster relief, youth and arts, and international issues: English and community development. 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.

How to get involved

The Break Away program is open to all JSC students, faculty and staff. Applications are required to participate or lead a trip.

Applications for 2009 Break Away are no longer being accepted. We will be seeking student trip leaders in April 2009. You can view this year's participant application, as well as more information about the application process, on the application page.

For alternative weekends, please contact our staff.

Break Away 2009 Sites


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