ALTERNATIVE BREAKS
Alternative Breaks provides an opportunity to serve
new people in new locations. The mission of the
program is to have exciting adventures while cultivating a service attitude. In the 2013-2014 school year, Alternative Breaks traveled to Moab and Seattle to serve. Over Fall Break, 19 students traveled to Moab to volunteered over 150 hours working at the Moab Youth Garden Project and clean up Dead Horse Point State Park.
During USU’s Spring Break, 23 students traveled to
Seattle to work with organizations fighting to alleviate hunger, serving over 400 hours during the course of a week. Working with the Community Lunch-Capitol Hill program, the Northwest Harvest-Kent Warehouse, Urban Rest Stop, McDermott Place, and Solid Ground-Mama Farm Giving Garden, students packed lunches, helped care for community gardens, and learned about combating hunger in an urban setting.
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AGGIE HEALTH
The Aggie Health program works to provide health-focused volunteer opportunities for students on campus and in the community. During the 2013-2014 school year,the Aggie Biggest Loser competition took place with 20 participants and 6 finalists. Volunteers raised over $500 dollars to fund the competition and local partners included Sports Academy and Racquet Club and USU’s Fun, Fit and Forever program.
Additionally, the program raised $350 dollars for children in Shriner’s Hospital during a month-long Candy Gram sale in November. During the fall semester, volunteers from the program gave presentations about fighting the flu. The, Aggie Health also sponsored a class to certify individuals in CPR.
Aggie Health director, Caleb,
selling Candy Grams
Alternative Breaks volunteers in Seattle.