Our Crowdfunding Groups
University of Arizona Alternative Breaks is a student-run organization within the VolunteerUA branch of ASUA that offers low-cost service trip opportunities to UA students during university breaks. Our mission is to engage students in creating sustainable change through education, direct service, and reflection. We aim to teach leadership and civic responsibility through service experiences, and we encourage our participants to apply what they learned on their trips to the Tucson community. Our goal is to build a base of conscientious, active individuals at the UA!
This year Alternative Breaks is sending six, week-long trips, each consisting of about sixteen UA students! The trips will be going to...
Philadelphia, PA (January 3rd to January 9th, 2016) Social Issue Focus: Homelessness and Poverty. This winter break trip is working with Cradles to Crayons, the Drueding Center, and Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission! Agency sites: http://www.cradlestocrayons.org/philadelphia, http://www.druedingcenter.org/, http://www.sundaybreakfast.org/
Washington, D.C. (March 12th to March 19th, 2016) Social Issue Focus: Homelessness and Poverty. This spring break is working with DC Central Kitchen and Capitol Area Food Bank! Agency sites: http://www.dccentralkitchen.org/, https://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/
Catalina Island, CA (March 12th to March 19th, 2016) Social Issue Focus: Environmental Justice. This spring break trip is working with Catalina Island Conservancy on environmental justice! Agency site: https://www.catalinaconservancy.org/
Denver, CO (March 12th to March 19th, 2016) Social Issue Focus: Access to Healthcare. This spring break trip is working with Project CURE! Agency site: www.projectcure.org
San Francisco, CA (March 12th to March 19th, 2016) Social Issue Focus: Poverty and Marginalization. This spring break trip is working with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Meals on Wheels, and the SF Marin Food Bank! Agency sites: http://www.sfaf.org/, www.mowsf.org, www.sfmfoodbank.org
City TBD, CO (March 12th to March 19th, 2016) Social Issue Focus: Mental Health. This spring break trip is working with various mental health organizations that are close to finalized! (more updates on this trip soon!)
These trips cost between $200 and $700 per student, which include housing, transportation and food for a student for the entire week of service. If you contribute to our crowdfunding campaign, you can help reduce the costs of these trips to make Alternative Breaks low-cost and accessible to all UA students.
Donating to Alternative Breaks is tax deductible!
Help fund a breaker and transform a community!
This $10 donation will assist in covering the general costs of our program, and will directly impact our breaker's trip costs!
Just a mere $25 can offer housing to one of our Breakers for a night!
A $40 donation will provide meals for one week for one of our Alternative Break participants!
This $150 donation will cover one student's ride to the service site in a university van! Funders at this level will receive a handwritten thank you from the Alternative Breaks team!
This $380 donation covers the average cost of flying to one of our service site locations. This year, our trips will go to Washington D.C., and Philadelphia, PA to change lives! Funders at this level or higher can be listed as a Breaker Backer on our Alternative Break T-shirts!
