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.

Upcoming Trips

Camp Boggy Creek
Camp Boggy Creek offers free, medically safe, and unique experiences for children with serious illnesses to experience joy and happiness in a camp setting. Boggy Creek's mission includes providing campers with inclusive activities that foster a creative and fun atmosphere and encourage independence and choice. FSAB will take students to serve at the camp near Orlando on two upcoming family retreat weekends.

Sept. 19-20: Craniofacial Family Retreat Weekend
Oct. 10-11: Bleeding Disorders/ Arthritis Family Weekend

Applications for both trips are open through Monday, Sept. 1 at 11:59 p.m. Trips are free of charge and include meals.

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Facilitator Application

Students are able to apply in the summer and fall semester of the academic year to facilitate alternative break experiences the following fall and spring. When selected as facilitators, students will be prepared through one-on-one meetings, in-person group discussions with curriculum on service learning and active citizenship, and supplemental materials. Applications are currently closed. 

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