Training presentation for GSU Alternative Break program Site Leaders

1. ALTERNATIVE BREAKS
SPRING 2016 SITES

2. WHERE ARE WE GOING?
BIG CYPRESS
NATIONAL PRESERVE
Ochopee, FL
Environmental Awareness
CAMP SUMMIT
Paradise, TX
Adults and Children with
Disabilities
EQUINES ASSISTING
SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS
Jasper, AL
Animal Assisted Therapy &
People with Disabilities
REBUILDING
TOGETHER NEW
ORLEANS
New Orleans, LA
Community Rebuilding &
Disaster Relief
UNITED CEREBRAL
PALSY
Kissimmee, FL
Children with Disabilities
SOW MUCH GOOD
Charlotte, NC
Urban Gardening & Food
Security
YMCA BAHAMAS
Freeport, Bahamas
Community Development

3. BIG CYPRESS
NATIONAL
PRESERVE

4. BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE
PROJECTS
OTHER INFO
ORGANIZATION
Big Cypress National Preserve contains a mixture of
plant communities that are home to a diversity of
wildlife. Big Cypress Swamp, essential to the health of
the neighboring Everglades, supports the estuaries
along Florida's southwest coast.
■ Swamp activities
■ We will provide all food.
■ Housing should be provided
■ Bring bug spray!!!

5. CAMP SUMMIT

6. CAMP SUMMIT
PROJECTS
OTHER INFO
ORGANIZATION
Camp Summit helps children and adults with
disabilities reach their own personal peak by providing
recreational, therapeutic and social activities in an
authentically natural camp setting.
■ Serve as a camp counselor
■ Serve as an activities coordinator
■ Clean cabins
■ Help in the kitchen preparing meals
■ THIS IS AN INTENSE TRIP
■ All meals & housing are provided
■ People-first language

7. EQUINES
ASSISTING
SPECIAL
INDIVIDUALS

8. EQUINES ASSISTING SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS
PROJECTS
OTHER INFO
ORGANIZATION
Equines Assisting Special Individuals (EASI) provides
safe and effective therapeutic riding for people with
disabilities or special needs.
■ General grounds maintenance
■ Stable maintenance
■ Caring for the horses
■ Assist teachers in therapy classes
■ Boy Scout lodging
■ We will provide all meals

9. REBUILDING
TOGETHER
NEW ORLEANS

10. REBUILDING TOGETHER NEW ORLEANS
PROJECTS
OTHER INFO
ORGANIZATION
RTNO’s home rehabilitation program targets the urban
poor, the population in New Orleans most affected by
Hurricane Katrina.
■ Interior & exterior painting
■ Laying floors
■ Light carpentry
■ Landscaping
■ 10th anniversary trip!
■ India House Hostel
■ We provide breakfast and lunch, three meals
provided by the hostel

11. UNITED
CEREBRAL
PALSY

12. UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY
PROJECTS
OTHER INFO
ORGANIZATION
UCP is an organization that offers support to children
with developmental disabilities. They offer customized
plans that are designed to enable individuals to
maximize their potential.
■ Work in classrooms with children
■ Read books, help feed, and play!
■ More to come!
■ Emotionally challenging trip! (Sometimes physical)
■ Housing will be at KOA, we provide all food
■ Hispanic population

13. SOW MUCH
GOOD

14. SOW MUCH GOOD
PROJECTS
OTHER INFO
ORGANIZATION
Sow Much Good works to achieve food justice through
programming and community based initiatives
designed to provide equal access to organic food
sources.
■ Gardening
■ Planting
■ Light landscaping
■ Education opportunities
■ All food will be provided

15. YMCA
BAHAMAS

16. YMCA BAHAMAS
PROJECTS
OTHER INFO
ORGANIZATION
The YMCA’s main goal is to strengthen the community.
They work side-by-side with neighbors to make sure
that everyone, regardless of age, income or
background, has the opportunity to learn, grow and
thrive.
■ Painting
■ Sorting donations
■ Cleaning
■ Working with local organizations
■ Housing at Island Seas Resort
■ All meals provided
■ Recruiting aspect to this trip

17. ALTERNATIVE BREAKS
MAY 2016 SITES

18. WHERE ARE WE GOING?
BEANS AND RICE
Pulaski, VA
Community Development
THE ELEPHANT
SANCTUARY
Hohenwald, TN
Endangered Species
GIVE KIDS THE
WORLD
Kissimmee, FL
Youth with Life Threatening
Illnesses
HOPE HOUSE
Memphis, TN
HIV/AIDS & Youth
Development
SERVICE FOR PEACE
El Cidral, Dominican Republic
Community Development

19. BEANS AND
RICE

20. BEANS AND RICE
PROJECTS
OTHER INFO
ORGANIZATION
Beans and Rice improves the lives of low & moderate
income families through hunger relief, after school
programs, job creation, and savings programs.
■ Working with children
■ Food distribution & gardening projects
■ Housing
■ Restoration & blight reduction
■ Housing at Community Development and Learning
Center, showering at a YMCA
■ Breakfast and lunch are provided, community dinner

21. THE ELEPHANT
SANCTUARY

22. THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY
PROJECTS
OTHER INFO
ORGANIZATION
The Elephant Sanctuary is the nation's largest natural
habitat refuge developed specifically for endangered
African and Asian elephants
■ Clearing vines and brush from enclosures
■ Building or dismantling fences
■ Digging trenches
■ Group will stay at KOA
■ We provide all food
■ You will not touch and may not see an elephant

23. GIVE KIDS THE
WORLD

24. GIVE KIDS THE WORLD
PROJECTS
OTHER INFO
ORGANIZATION
Give Kids The World is a non-profit organization that
exists only to fulfill the wishes of all children with life-
threatening illnesses and their families from around the
world to experience a memorable, joyful, and cost-free
visit to the Central Florida attractions.
■ Serving food
■ Operating rides!
■ Smiling :)
■ The group will stay at KOA
■ We provide all meals
■ Stay away from horses

25. HOPE HOUSE

26. HOPE HOUSE
PROJECTS
OTHER INFO
ORGANIZATION
Hope House provides therapeutic day care, respite care and
24-hour emergency care in a safe, loving environment to
children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. The organization
provides supportive social services to children and their
families in order to enhance the quality of their lives.
■ Aiding teachers in classrooms
■ Maintenance projects
■ Baby snuggling
■ Housing is pending
■ People-first language

27. SERVICE FOR
PEACE

28. SERVICE FOR PEACE
PROJECTS
OTHER INFO
ORGANIZATION
Service For Peace focuses its energy and resources on
collaborating with community members to address
significant development issues. El Cidral focuses on the
education and welfare of the children in the
community.
■ Construction, maintenance, painting of classrooms
■ Visit a women’s cocoa co-op
■ Playing with the school children
■ Don’t worry about the language barrier
■ Meals and housing are provided
■ Say adiós to your phone

29. QUESTIONS?