Alternative Spring Break
(formerly Service Travel Encourage Progress for Underrepresented People in Poverty (STEP UPP))
Program ON HOLD
Program Directors
Volunteer Weekly Meetings
Program Mission
The Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program at Y.E.S. offers Cal Poly Humboldt students opportunities for experiential learning with local non-profit organizations, culminating in a spring break trip exploring social and environmental justice needs. The ASB team plans, develops and engages in a week-long volunteer trip during spring break to a nearby city.
Volunteering, Goals & Projects
Students volunteer throughout the year in the local community, learning about and engaging in projects related to the trip issue area (which may change each year). Past trips have focused on issues such as housing insecurity and poverty, food justice, or environmental sustainability. The ASB provides students an immersive, hands-on experience to learn about and engage in a variety of social issues and help meet community expressed needs.
Volunteers visit the Homeless Prenatal Program in San Francisco. Spring 2014
Volunteers, Tamara Valadez and Santa Herrera, bag fresh fruit at the Sacramento Food Bank. Spring 2017
Volunteers prep food at Project Open Hand in San Francisco, an organization that provides nutritious meals to individuals who are sick and vulnerable. Spring 2018
Volunteers check out the roof top gardens
STEP UPP volunteers explore San Francisco surroundings wearing garbage bag raincoats.