Global Navigation
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 - Spring 2009: March 30 - April 3
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
- Volunteer for America working outside on a beautification project at a home for former foster youth
Alternative Break - Spring 2008: March 31 - April 4
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
Alternative Break - Spring 2007: March 28 - 31
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.
Alternative Break Video
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: 7/31/2009