Alternate Spring Break fosters big changes in small ways (Daily Pennsylvanian)
While donations may be more useful, students find meaning in manpower
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As his peers returned to campus this week with stories of beaches and nightclubs, College sophomore Andrew Jakubowski brought back a less glamorous — yet no less enjoyable — set of memories.
With 13 other students, Jakubowski spent his spring break poop-scooping and wrestling with puppies in Utah. Best Friends Animal Society, the nation’s largest shelter for homeless domestic animals, was one of many destinations of this year’s Alternate Spring Break trips.
Founded in 1990, ASB gives students an opportunity to spend their time off participating in service projects all over the country.
“No drinking, no drugs — just service,” said College senior and ASB co-director Jessie Spellman, adding that the trips were unequivocally her best weeks at Penn.
This break, nine trips — composed of 14 students each — traveled to six states.
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