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History of Alternative Breaks at Alma

2008-2009

December

Total participants: 35

Affordable Housing (faith-based): Habitat for Humanity, Punta Gorda, FL

Children's Health: Ronald McDonald House, Memphis, TN

Hurricane Relief: Southeast Texas Interfaith Organization, Port Arthur, TX

February

Total participants: 103

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Georgetown, SC

Children's Health: Ronald McDonald Houses of Chicagoland, Chicago, IL

Environment: Plateau Restoration, Moab, UT

Hunger & Homelessness (faith-based): The Pilgrimage, Washington, DC

Hurricane Relief (faith-based): Southeast Texas Interfaith Organization, Port Arthur, TX

Immigration & Border Issues: The Annunciation House and Project Puente, El Paso, TX

Rural Poverty: Once Upon a Time in Appalachia, Knoxville, TN

Sustainable Housing: GreenTown, Greensburg, KS

Youth Education: Education Works, Philadelphia, PA

 

2007-2008

Total participants: 96

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Georgetown, SC

                             Habitat for Humanity, Brunswick, GA

Environment: Nature Conservancy, Disney Wildlife Preserve, FL

HIV/AIDS: The Children's Place and Vital Bridges, Chicago, IL

Hospice Care: Heartland Hospice of Gratiot County and Atlanta, GA

Hurricane Relief (faith-based): Presbytery of Mississippi, Gulfport, MS

People with Disabilities: United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee, Nashville, TN

People with Disabilities (faith-based): Duvall Presbyterian Home, Glenwood, FL

Refugee Awareness: Family Heritage Foundation, Atlanta, GA

 

2006-2007

December

Total participants: 20

Hurricane Relief: Milford Presbyterian Church, Gautier, MS

February

Total participants: 105

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Belen, NM

Education: Education Works, Philadelphia, PA

Environment: Cumberland Trail Conference, Smokey Mountains, TN

Hurricane Relief: National Relief Network, Chalmette, LA

People with Disabilities: United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee, Nashville, TN

Urban Poverty (faith-based): Myers Park Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC

 

2005-2006

Total participants: 101

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Bunnell, FL

Environment: Land Between the Lakes, Golden Pond, KY

Hurricane Relief (faith-based): Presbytery of Mississippi, Gulfport, MS

Hurricane Relief: National Relief Network, Chalmette, LA

People with Disabilities: Duvall Presbyterian Home, Glenwood, FL

Urban Poverty: Presbyterian Social Ministries, Jacksonville, FL

Youth and Poverty: P.E.A.C.E. Community Center, Chicago, FL

 

2004-2005

Total participants: 83

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Laredo, TX

Education: Education Works, Philadelphia, PA

Global Sustainability: Heifer Project International, Rutland, MA

HIV/AIDS: God's Love We Deliver, New York City, NY

Pediatric Health Care: Camp Boggy Creek, Eustis, FL

Rural Poverty (faith-based): Appalachia Service Project, Kentucky

 

2003-2004

Total participants: 37

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Charleston, SC

HIV/AIDS: The Pilgrimage, Washington, DC

Hunger & Homelessness (faith-based): The Pilgrimage, Washington, DC

 

2002-2003

Total participants: 20

Affordable Housing: Habitat for Humanity, Boca Raton, FL

 

 

Alma College is one of the best colleges fostering social responsibility and public service, according to The Princeton Review and Campus Compact. It is one of 81 institutions in 33 states — and the only private college in Michigan — that The Princeton Review commends and features in its book, Colleges With a Conscience: 81 Great Schools with Outstanding Community Involvement.

 

Student Profile

Melissa Boguslawski

Melissa Boguslawski
Graduation: 2008
Major: Exercise Health Science, Chemistry
From: Madison Heights, Michigan
Interests: Sports, Heritage

Alma students are good stewards of the world around them. Whether cleaning a long-neglected Jewish cemetery in Poland or the Pine River in our backyard, you can be involved in service projects through classroom work or volunteer activities. Your education is personalized to your talents and interests to prepare you for service, leadership and stewardship.