Hamilton College - Community Outreach and Opportunity Project - COOP - Alternative Spring Break

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	Alternative Spring Break Hamilton's ASB program was initially sponsored by the Hamilton Action Volunteer Outreach Coalition (HAVOC), a student-run organization that provides community service in Oneida County. The Alternative Spring Break program was started in 1993 when 20 students traveled to Miami to work on Hurricane Andrew relief with Habitat for Humanity. The following year the number of students doubled. In subsequent years the number of participants has steadily increased. This year ASB is offering nine trips for over 100 students, the largest number of volunteers in the program's history. ASB has now evolved into its own student organization with an executive board that runs the program with Hamilton's chaplaincy. The students are housed in churches, camps and refugee centers. Student volunteers pay $125 each to participate in the ASB trips. 2009 Trips Hands On Gulf Coast, Biloxi, MS March 14 - 21 Students will work at Hands On Gulf Coast in Biloxi where they will help with rebuilding, dry walling and planting community gardens. Hands On Gulf Coast is a program of the Points of Light Foundation and Hands On Network – a network of nonprofit organizations around the world that inspire volunteers, create leaders and change lives and communities through effective volunteer action. The Hands On approach mobilizes individuals to join together to address community needs, providing camaraderie as well as guidance through creating an impact with service. In partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Mississippi Commission on Volunteer Service, non-profit agencies, and local community members and business partners, Hands On Gulf Coast is supporting the volunteer-driven recovery of the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina and building back a more civically engaged community. Habitat for Humanity, Americus, GA March 15 - 21 Cumberland Trails, La Follette, TN March 15 - 21 Students will help build trails and perform maintenance. The Cumberland Trail (CT), a Tennessee State Scenic Hiking Trail, became Tennessee's 53rd state park in 1998. The Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park contains a core corridor of 300-plus miles of trail beginning in the Cumberland Gap National Park (KY.) and stretching south to Chickamauga Chattanooga National Military Park and Prentice Cooper Wildlife Management Area just outside Chattanooga. Burgaw Elementary School, Wilmington, NC March 15 - 21 Hamilton students will work at Burgaw Elementary School near Wilmington, N.C. Through this outreach program, they will help students with homework and participate in after-school activities. Habitat for Humanity, Thibodaux, LA March 21 - 28 In Thibodaux, La., students will help build a Habitat for Humanity house. Bayou Area Habitat for Humanity is a volunteer-driven organization. Though the vast majority have no construction experience or building skills, volunteers are involved in most phases of construction. By working side-by-side with the family who will live in the house, volunteers witness the happiness created when a family is able to realize their dream of home ownership. Habitat for Humanity, Winston Salem, NC March 22 - 28 Land Between the Lakes, Golden Pond, Ky. March 22 - 28 Land Between the Lakes is a 170,000-acre national recreation area in Western Kentucky and Tennessee located about 90 miles north of Nashville, Tenn., and just south of Paducah, Ky. Volunteers will help with the maintenance of an 1850s working farm, by doing repairs and building fences. They'll also work to get the facilities up and running for the tourist season. Habitat for Humanity, SC March 22 - 28 The Pilgrimmage, Washington, DC March 22 - 28 Students will be serving meals to the homeless and seeking to alleviate issues of urban poverty in our nation's capital by serving at the Pilgrimmage, a local faith-based organization. Past Trips 2008 2007 2006 2005	NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Learn More About Urban Service Experience (USE) Hamilton Students in Biloxi Featured in ASB Segment on WLOX-TV More ... Watch video highlights of the Alternative Spring Break auction. OFFICE HOURS Mon. - Fri. 8:30-4:30 OFFICE LOCATION Chapel, 3rd Floor
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