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Are you a Sac State student looking for that ultimate winter/spring break experience? Looking for an opportunity to let your leadership, teamwork, communication, or organization skills shine? Or just want to share your Sac State pride? Then check out Alternative Break, offering short-term, community-based service projects.
Through Alternative Breaks Sac State students provide much needed service to diverse communities, while building skills and great friendships. It’s also a great way to break out and see new places, people, and perspectives.
Alternative Break is a short term commitment with long term benefits. You can choose to work just one day or a whole week, depending on the length of the Alternative Break program. Alternative Break is a great opportunity to network with strong community based organizations; develop personal and professional skills; connect with your campus and local community; and it looks good on your resume.
What students said:
"This is a way of giving to the community that is supporting me and my college education."
Mellisa Wallace
Sac State Senior
Winter 2008 Team Leader
Sign up as a group or an individual, and work together as a team with your Sac State peers to make a difference in the Sacramento region. All majors and experience levels welcome.
Sacramento State Faculty and Staff: Interested in joining Sac State students in an Alternative Break? Find out how you can get involved in a full day volunteer service project by attending an information session.
Alternative Break Video
ALTERNATIVE BREAK - Spring 2009
Alternative Break took place during spring break, March 30 through April 3, 2009.
Over the course of the spring break, 73 Sac State students volunteered through Alternative Break. Service projects included:
- Monday, March 30: Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services - 27 students volunteered with the food and clothing resource center.
- Tuesday, March 31: St. John's Shelter for Women and Children - 27 students and 2 staff volunteered to organize donations, work in the garden, and prepare a meal with the residents.
- Wednesday, April 1: Center for Land Based Learning - 17 students, 2 staff and 2 AmeriCorps members worked at the Farm on Putah Creek.
- Thursday April 2: Habitat for Humanity - 35 students and 1 staff worked at 3 worksites, laying rebar, digging foundations, and building shelving at the ReStore.
- Friday, April 3: Habitat for Humanity- 20 students and 1 staff worked with Habitat staff and volunteers to dig the foundation for a new home.
In the News
- Sacramento State FOCUS ON: Alternative Break
- Spotlight: Alternative Break
- 1/28/09 “Sleep or serve?,” The State Hornet
- 1/15/09 “MLK Week of Service Projects Provide a Winter Alternative Break Experience
for Sac State Students,” CSU Impact - 4/5/2008 “Students lay foundation for good deeds,” The State Hornet
- 3/24/2008 “Sac State students will use alternative break to serve community,” Sacramento State Bulletin
- 3/19/2008 "Alternative Break: breaking the mold," The State Hornet
- 2/26/2008 “Spring Alternative Break offers escape from party scene,” The State Hornet
- 2/26/2008 “Volunteer work triumphs spring break,” The State Hornet
- 1/31/2008 “In pursuit of selflessness,” The State Hornet
- 4/4/2007 “Students take an Alternative Break,” The State Hornet
- 3/13/2007 “Take an Alternative Break and provide some Shelter,” The State Hornet
- 3/5/2007 “Build a home strengthen ties; students to take a alternative spring break,” Sacramento State Bulletin
Alternative Break, a collaborative project sponsored by Sacramento State's Community Engagement Center, Student Activities department, and Student Health Center, offers Sacramento State students an alternative option for academic breaks.
last updated: 6/25/2009