Alternative Spring Break

Each spring, VOICES offers students a Spring Break program as an alternative to the traditional week of partying. We give students a chance to take the week and improve the lives of others through service.

The week-long program gives students an opportunity to see and fix some of the problems faced by society today. Although service is our main objective, we do take time to have fun, see the sites, and have a great bonding experience.

In previous years we have gone to:

• Mo Ranch for landscaping, cleaning and making crafts.
• Houston, Texas for volunteering at the Houston Zoo and at the Children's Museum
• Austin for the Urban Plunge, an experience of homeless living

This year, VOICES will provide members with the opportunity to attend one of three Alternative Spring Breaks from March 11 to 17 See www.utsa.edu/sa/vs for more information:

• An Orphanage in Mexico
  
• Habitat for Humanity in LA
  

[ ASB in 2006 ]

In 2006, VOICES sponsored a trip to New Orleans where volunteers had a chance to help residents of the St. Bernard Parish with Emergency Communities. Some of the students received a scholarship from SBC Foundation, selected students participated in assisting living conditions through Habitat for Humanity (building houses) and distributing resources to the many who have lost their houses and have, frankly, nothing left.

Check out the following:

• Pictures from the trip
• Click here to watch a short video, or
• download it at greater quality
  (Right click and select "Save As...")
• Slideshow - prepared by Dr. Sandy Norman, an advisor on the trip