Alternative Winter Break
Program Overview

Alternative Winter Break
This year, the APPLES Service-Learning Program will offer two unique Alternative Winter Break opportunities for UNC undergraduates. Students will spend 5 days working with experienced community partners and reflecting upon their learning experiences.

Below is a brief description of the trips offered this year:

• Rural Health Reform and Alternative Healthcare: This trip will explore the unique health disparities facing rural communities and look into possible alternatives to the current system serving that population. We will be learning from and working with those directly connected with a rural health care system via both oral history work and manual construction labor of a free clinic. Trip dates: January 4th through the 9th.
  
• Native Issues: This trip will offer students the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and understanding of Native Issues in North Carolina. The focus of this program will be on social justice issues surrounding Native American communities including disparities in Native health, education, and socioeconomic wealth. Ten participants will be selected and will travel with two group leaders, from January 4 – January 9, 2010.

Applications due Friday, October 9 by 5:00pm.

For more details, contact If you have any questions, please contact AWB co-chairs Sarah Hatcher or Marion Boulicault