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Through Alternative Breaks Sac State students provide much needed service to diverse communities, while building skills and great friendships. It’s also a excellent way to break out and see new places, people, and perspectives.

 

Alternative Break - Winter 2013: January 21 - 25

35 Sac State students contributed over 396 volunteer hours over the course of five days:

  • Wildlife Care Association aviary maintenance and bird nursery habitat building
  • Meals on Wheels by ACC central kitchen meal preparation and packaging
  • Soil Born Farms + SOL Collective Community Garden weeding and cleanup
  • Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services' Mobile Food Distribution
student volunteers gather in the rain - link to photos
 

Alternative Break - Spring 2012: March 19 - 23

student volunteers bagging carrots. Caption "Spring 2012"

29 Sac State students contributed 256 volunteer hours over the course of five days:

  • Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services
  • Meals on Wheels by ACC central kitchen
  • Habit for Humanity ReStore
  • Sacramento Public Library

 

 

Alternative Break - Winter 2012: January 17 - 22

30 Sac State students contributed 258 volunteer hours over the course of four days:

  • Habitat for Humanity ReStore
  • Meals on Wheels by ACC
  • Harvest Sacramento
student volunteers pushing carts to remove trash at Habitat for Humanity ReStore - link to photos
 

Alternative Break - Spring 2011: March 21 - 25

student volunteers preparing food at Meals on Wheels. Caption "Spring 2011"

33 Sac State students contributed 300 volunteer hours over the course of four* days:

  • Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services' Mobile Food Distribution
  • Meals on Wheels by ACC central kitchen meal preparation and packaging
  • Harvest Sacramento fruit gleaning

*3/23 Sacramento Tree Foundation cancelled due to inclement weather

 
 

Alternative Break - Winter 2011: January 18 - 21

40 Sac State students contributed 370 volunteer hours over the course of four days:

  • Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services' Mobile Food Distribution
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Soil Born Farms
  • Harvest Sacramento
student volunteers processing fruit harvest - link to photos
 

Alternative Break - Spring 2010: March 29 - April 2

student volunteers carrying ladder at farm. Caption "Spring 2010"

28 Sac State students volunteered in the following projects:

  • Sacramento Zoo landscaping and maintenance
  • Sacramento Tree Foundation - tree planing at Cal Expo
  • Center for Land Based Learning
  • Habitat for Humanity pre-LEED Certification landscaping for single family home
 

Alternative Break - Winter 2010: January 18 - 22

39 Sac State students volunteered in the following projects:

  • Martin Luther King Junior Day of Service - MLK365 Community Event support and Sacramento Volunteers program support for City of Sacramento
  • Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services organizing food and clothing donations at the SACA Center
  • Sacramento Public Library organizing books for the annual Friends of the Library book sale and preparing Belle Cooledge Library for upcoming renovations
student volunteers walking down street after planting trees - link to photos
 

Alternative Break - Spring 2009: March 30 - April 3

student volunteers at worksite with back to camera - link to spring 2009 photos

73 Sac State students volunteered in the following projects:

  • Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services organizing food and clothing donations at the SACA Center
  • St. John's Shelter for Women and Children organizing donations and interacting with residents
  • Center for Land Based Learning working on a farm and participating in a owl survey
  • Habitat for Humanity digging and preparing foundations for single family homes
 

Alternative Break - Winter 2009: January 19 - 23

44 Sac State students volunteered in the following projects:

  • Martin Luther King Junior Day of Service at Jedediah Smith Elementary painting playground and helping teachers organize materials and activities in the classroom
  • Sacramento Tree Foundation NeighborWoods program planting trees near 6th and Fruitridge
  • Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services organizing food and clothing donations
  • Volunteers of America working outside on a beautification project at a home for former foster youth
student volunteers walking down street after planting trees - link to photos
 

Alternative Break - Spring 2008: March 31 - April 4

student volunteers at pruning trees - link to spring 2008 photos

37 Sac State students volunteered in the following projects:

  • Cesar Chavez Day of Service at the Washington Neighborhood Center spring cleaning and gardening
  • American River Parkway Foundation building fences to protect oak saplings from being eaten by deer
  • Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services working on a community garden and organizing food and clothing donations
  • Habitat for Humanity digging foundations to new homes in Oak Park
 

Alternative Break - Winter 2008: January 21 - 25

48 Sac State students volunteered in the following projects:

  • Martin Luther King Junior Day of Service painting a mural at a local elementary school in Del Paso Heights
  • Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services organizing clothing and food donations
  • Sacramento Tree Foundation pruning trees at Granite Regional Park
  • Habitat for Humanity working in the ReStore warehouse
student volunteers at pruning trees - link to winter 2008 photos
 

Alternative Break - Spring 2007: March 28 - 31

student volunteers working together with Habitat for Humanity - link to spring 2007 photos

18 Sac State students volunteered through Alternative Break on projects with Habitat for Humanity. They worked at four sites throughout neighborhoods in Oak Park in landscaping, site clean up and a variety of beautification projects.

 

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Alternative Break, a collaborative project sponsored by Sacramento State's Community Engagement Center and ASI A-team, offers Sacramento State students an alternative option for academic breaks.  

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last updated: 1/31/2013