Free Scholarships Available to National Alternative Break Training

Break Away – the national nonprofit which works with college students and staff who run alternative break programs – is offering scholarships to attend the 2009 Blacksburg, Virginia Alternative Break Citizenship Schools June 13-19, 2009. The scholarships have been made available by the Starbucks Foundation, which is interested in helping to build sustainable and student-led alternative break programs on campus. If you are building a program or are in your first 5 years of running an alternative break program, you are welcome to apply.

• If you are interested or have questions, please email jp@alternativebreaks.org immediately. We would like to give award scholarships before 5 pm EST Friday, June 8th.
• In the email, please include your contact information as well as a brief description of what your alternative break program status is (i.e. “We don’t have one.” “We are building one, but it is completely staff-run and we’d like it to be student-run.”), including – if applicable - how many trips (and participants) you sent last year, where the trips went, how long you’ve been sending alternative breaks, and how this scholarship might benefit your program.
• The whole deal for the week– housing, food, training, materials, on-site transportation and much more, a $700 value – is all covered in the scholarship. You will find applications and more information at our website, www.alternativebreaks.org/abcs.asp.
• You will be responsible for arranging for the participant to get to/from Blacksburg, VA for the training.
• Students and/or staff are welcome.