Florida State Alternative Breaks

Florida State Alternative Breaks has empowered service-minded and community-oriented students to lead short-term service experiences in communities across the southeast United States since 1995. Each year FSAB sponsors three-to-five weekend and week-long service experiences.

The program is comprised of students who resist the status quo by building authentic relationships with community leaders, supporting community-identified service initiatives, and challenging impersonal systems of competition and division. FSAB's mission is to create change through Active Citizen Leadership.

Trips are guided by student facilitators who coordinate the experience from planning all the way to on-site service. These students are supported by center staff members, including a program coordinator and graduate assistant.

Student in hairnet preparing sandwiches.
Students cleaning up a garden.
Students sorting items in the pantry.

Fall 2026 Trips

Camp Boggy Creek

Camp Boggy Creek offers free, medically safe experiences for children with serious illnesses to experience joy and happiness in a camp setting. Join one of our spring trips to the camp located near Orlando to serve at an upcoming family retreat weekend:

Sept. 11-13 | Diabetes Family Retreat Weekend
Apply by Aug. 28 at 5 p.m.  
APPLY
 

Oct. 9-11 | Bleeding Disorders Family Retreat Weekend
Apply by Sept. 11 at 5 p.m. 
APPLY


 

Student and a camp counselor.
Student posing with the Camp Boggy Creek logo.
Students posing at Camp Boggy Creek.

 

American Hiking Society

During participation in the American Hiking Society trip, participants will make new friends and share laughter over a campfire. Experience an amazing sense of accomplishment after building a bridge or restoring a neglected trail. Connect with the land. Experience nature first-hand. Spend your break doing something that makes a lasting difference.

Oct. 15-18 | American Hiking Society
Apply by Sept. 30 at 5 p.m.
APPLY


 

American Indigenous Art Celebration

Join Florida State Alternative Breaks and the Native American & Indigenous Studies Center to travel to the Big Cypress Reservation in support of the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum as they host the American Indigenous Art Celebration.

Nov. 5-8 | American Indigenous Art Celebration
Apply by Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. 
APPLY
 

Volunteers pose at the American Indigenous Art Celebration.
Indigenous person balances on one hand while performing a cultural dance.
Student showing off beadwork earrings purchased at the celebration.

Contact

Brianna Surrency
Program Coordinator
bsurrency@fsu.edu

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