There are no Winter break trips for 2021-22.
Alternative Breaks
Apply to Lead A 2022-23 Alternative Spring Break Trip Now!
Application Part One (Individual) | Application Part Two (Trip Proposal)
See our ASB Leader Application Guide for more information! Applications due May 1st, 2022.
Alternative Breaks 2021-2022
Engaged in direct service relating to these problems, students live and work in communities with which they otherwise may have little contact. Being completely immersed in this environment over an extended period of time allows students to internalize their experience, which can serve as a springboard for a lifelong commitment to social change.
Most trips do have a fee, but need-based financial aid is available to cover up to 80% of trip costs.
How Bowdoin AB Works
Alternative Break trips are organized and led by students who want to provide an intensive learning through service experience. AB leaders are responsible for all aspects of the alternative spring break trip, including recruiting participants, trip logistics, coordinating with the host site, and leading the actual trip.
Engaged in direct service relating to these problems, students live and work in communities with which they otherwise may have little contact. Being completely immersed in this environment over an extended period of time allows students to internalize their experience, which can serve as a springboard for a lifelong commitment to social change.
Most trips do have a fee, but need-based financial aid is available to cover up to 80% of trip costs.
Alternative Break trips are organized and led by students who want to provide an intensive learning through service experience. AB leaders are responsible for all aspects of the alternative spring break trip, including recruiting participants, trip logistics, coordinating with the host site, and leading the actual trip.
Leader Selection
AB proposals and leader applications are reviewed each spring for the following year by a committee of students, faculty, and McKeen Center staff. Those leaders whose trips are selected receive support and training from the McKeen Center to plan and implement their AB trips.
Leaders' Seminar
Participants' Seminar
Prior to the trips, participants attend weekly pre-service meetings to prepare them for their service experience. These meetings include background and cultural information about the site, educational visits from Bowdoin professors, reading assignments, film viewing, fundraising, and team-building activities.