Serve Beyond the Borders of Lexington With UK Alternative Service Breaks

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 28, 2015) — University of Kentucky Alternative Service Breaks (ASB) is offering an information meeting Monday, Nov. 2, for those students interested in participating in Winter, Spring or Summer Break trips! The meeting will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. in The 90, Room 203. 

Founded in 2008, UK ASB provides quality and fulfilling alternative breaks that mutually benefit community partners and student participants through the education of social issues, service work requested by the host site, and student facilitated reflection.

Through the Center for Community Outreach and the national service organization Break Away, the UK ASB program connects students with service projects in communities beyond the borders of Lexington and Kentucky. They aim to provide service experiences that are educational and cultural and to promote active citizenship among UK students, faculty and staff. Ultimately, UK ASB's vision is to create a campus of socially aware student citizens seeking to make a positive impact in the global community.

UK ASB hosts two Weekend Service Trips each fall and spring semester.  They also offer two Winter Break service immersions in January, eight Spring Break service immersions and one two-week service immersion in May.

Although the deadline has passed to apply for Fall Weekend Service Trips, UK students can still apply for a Winter, Spring or Summer Break service immersion.  To apply to one of these, click here. The extended deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11.

For more inofrmation about the UK ASB program, "like" UK ASB on Facebook, follow UK ASB on Twitter and on Instagram or visit www.ukasb.org. 

UK ASB is a program housed in the UK Center for Community Outreach. The CCO seeks to serve, connect and unite the University of Kentucky with the surrounding community in collaborative efforts to promote life-long community service.

CCO CONTACT: Amani Jackson, publicrelations.ukcco@gmail.com

MEDIA CONTACT: Katy Bennett or Rebecca Stratton, katy.bennett@uky.edu or rebecca.stratton@uky.edu, (859) 257-1909/(859) 323-2395