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Alternative Spring Breakers prepare to do good work
Next week, while many college students dream of surf and sex, a growing number will use their time off to do something more meaningful.
At the University of Memphis, 48 law students from seven law schools will participate in a series of local service projects, while four Memphis students will provide immigration assistance to the community around the University of Tennessee.
The week’s events include a tour of the National Civil Rights Museum, and tutorials on legal ethics, interviewing, and counseling.
Some students will travel to senior citizen centers and faith-based organizations to help elders in need of wills and health-care surrogacy
The University of Memphis program launched in 2010 with 15 participants, and by last year had 62.
Meanwhile, at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, about 100 students have signed up for nine Branch Out Alternative Breaks trips in locations from South Carolina to Pennsylvania.
Some will work on a building project at the Arch Street Methodist Church in Philadelphia; some will sleep in a church hostel and work at the DC Central Kitchen in Washington.
Even in the traditional heart of Spring Break country, some Florida students will give up the search for sun to hunt for and root out invasive plants in the Everglades and rebuild portions of New Orleans still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
Atlanta-based Break Away, which helps universities develop alternative-break program, reports that the number of Alternative Spring Break participants at member campuses has increased by at least 10% each year since 2008.
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