March 22, 2008 – March 30, 2008

ALL Participant Applications Due: 5pm, February 1^st, 2008.

Please print your completed application and submit it to the folder on the door of the ASB office in Norris (3^rd floor, Office M).  Save trees – only print what’s necessary.

Note that this application is for our use in organizing the program.  It does not guarantee you a spot in the program or on a trip of your choice.  Please see the beginning of the FAQs section for an opportunity to go on a Spring Break trip for FREE!

Name:                                                                                  Gender:                                Age as of March 22, 2008:

Graduation Year:                             School:                 Major:

Dorm (if off-campus, put address):

Phone Number:                                                               Email:

T-shirt size:                       How did you hear about ASB?

May we add you to the ASB listserv?             Yes                           No                                Already on it

Have you had a US driver’s license for more than 2 years?

State:                                    License Number:

Date Issued:                                                       Valid Until:

        Check here if you wish to be considered for financial aid.  We will be working with the Financial Aid Office to determine a need-based process of granting ASB Scholarships, Payment Plans, and extra fundraising opportunities.

Your signature:                                                                                                                Date:

Using the Site Descriptions on the last pages, please rank the following sites by interest (1 being the most appealing).  If you are absolutely opposed to going to a specific site, write “no.”  **Please note: we look very favorably upon applications in which more sites are ranked higher (feel free to use the same number to rank up to three different sites).

The sites marked with an asterisk (*) are co-sponsored by the Residential College Board.  RCB residents will have preference for the sites, although anyone may rank them and can attend them.

_____ African Community Center of Denver (Denver, CO)

_____ Camp Heartland (Willow River, MN)

_____ The Great Basin Institute (Reno, NV)

_____ Harvest Farm (Wellington, CO)

_____ Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy (Valley, NE)

_____ Huntington West Virginia Housing Authority (Huntington, WV)

_____ Ijams Nature Center (Knoxville, TN)*

_____ Kentucky Harvest (Louisville, KY)*

_____ Lower Nine (New Orleans, LA)

_____ Mission: Wolf (Westcliffe, CO)*

_____ New American Sustainable Agriculture Project (Portland, ME)

_____ Pace School (Pittsburgh, PA)*

_____ Raphael House of Portland (Portland, OR)

_____ Turpentine Creek (Eureka Springs, AR)

Please answer each of the following questions:

1. ASB is a service-learning organization.  Explain why you choose to volunteer for such a trip during a time which is meant to be a break from learning.  If you feel strongly about one issue or site, please explain so here.
2. What are you passionate about?
3. Do you have other possible spring break plans?
4. Give yourself a nickname or a number: (We will use this in place of your real name while reviewing applications)

Please answer 2 (or more) of the following questions - We welcome heart and humor.

5. What is something your friends would say about you, that you hate to admit, but know is true?
6. Come up with a backronym for CASBAH.
7. If your life had a theme song, what would it be and why?
8. When and to where was your last road-trip?
9. What was the last time you got dirty from head to toe and why?
10. What is the biggest social faux-pas you have ever committed?

If you turn in your application on time with a $50 non-refundable deposit (in form of a check or a Cashier’s Office receipt), you will be automatically entered into a raffle to win a FREE TRIP.  Additional prizes will include discounts of $25 and $50, as well as ASB gear! (Make checks payable to Northwestern University).

All applicants should note these dates:

February 1 – Application due

February 11 – Notification of trip placement (and financial aid award, if applicable)

February 13 – ASB Spring Break All-Participant Meeting (Time, Location TBA) – attendance required

February 18 – Turn in your forms and money by this date to receive $10 off your trip!

February 25 – Final deadline for forms and money

March 3 – Deadline for driver certification.  Receive $10 off your trip if you get certified by 3/3!

March 21 – ASB Kickoff

March 22-30 – ASB Trips!

ASB Spring 2008 Participants are expected to:

-          attend entirety of program (March 22^nd-30^th, 2008) barring extreme circumstances

-          participate in pre-trip activities

o       all-participant meeting (February 13^th, 2008)

o   Pre-Campus Connections Day

o   ASB Spring Kick-Off

-          participate in an ASB-organized fundraiser to continue making ASB available to all NU students

-          turn in required forms and money by  Feb 25^th, 2008

-          become driver certified (if eligible) by March 3^rd, 2008

-          explore additional means of reducing trip costs (extra fundraising, ASB discounts)

-          tell all friends and associates how amazing the trips were!!

African Community Center of Denver (Denver, CO): The African Community Center is a Refugee Resettlement program which welcomes newcomers who have had to flee persecution within their home country. The ACC conducts educational and social service programs that help newcomers resettle in their new communities and acculturate, recover from past trauma, gain personal independence and economic self-sufficiency, and quickly become able participants and productive, contributing members of American society. Price: $230

Camp Heartland (Willow River, MN): Camp Heartland is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of children impacted by HIV/AIDS through year-round support, advocacy, recreational programs and community AIDS awareness efforts. Camp Heartland believes that every child deserves a warm and welcoming place within our world...a place where they can experience unconditional love and acceptance. For hundreds of children each year, Camp Heartland is their safe haven, where the isolation and tragedy of AIDS cannot touch them.  (Note: This trip does not work directly with the children because of policy issues; nevertheless, this trip has been one of our most popular ones.  If you like to work with children, please take a look at the Pace School trip below.) Price: $210

The Great Basin Institute (Reno, NV): The Great Basin Institute is an interdisciplinary field studies organization that promotes environmental research, education, and conservation throughout the West. The Institute advances ecological literacy and habitat restoration through educational outreach and direct service programs. GBI is currently working on a variety of projects, including riparian restoration at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, and trail building in the Spring Mountains. Price: $525-600

Harvest Farm (Wellington, CO): Harvest Farm is a 100-acre farm and rehabilitation center for men located 70 miles north of Denver. The Farm accommodates up to 72 men who participate in a long-term treatment program. Men determined to break cycles of addiction and poverty are referred to the Farm by detox facilities, social service agencies, and the legal system. Once there, they find educational, spiritual, and emotional support to assist their transition into society. Price: $220

Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy (Valley, NE): The mission of HETRA is to improve the quality of life both physically and emotionally of adults and children with disabilities through equine assisted activities. HETRA has 14 therapy horses, 3 ponies, 8 certified instructors, and over 50 students. They offer services in Therapeutic Riding, Hippotherapy and Therapeutic Carriage Driving.  Price: $170

Huntington West Virginia Housing Authority (Huntington, WV): HHA is an equal opportunity housing authority that meets the needs of over 5,000 individuals and families and continues to expand their service base in order to meet the needs of additional needy families waiting for housing assistance. They have self-sufficiency programs to assist families and elderly and have employment and training programs to assist families to enter the world of work. They also provide services that enable seniors to remain in their own homes and we have recreational programs that make all families lives more enjoyable. Price: $180

Ijams Nature Center (Knoxville, TN): Ijams Nature Center's mission is to develop and maintain the park as a wildlife sanctuary. Ijams seeks to increase knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the natural world by providing quality environmental educational programs and nature-related experiences for all people. $180

Kentucky Harvest (Louisville, KY): Kentucky Harvest is the headquarters of the nation-wide organization USA Harvest. KY Harvest has a mission very different from other charitable organizations, they’re not fund-raisers, they’re food-raisers. Volunteers pick-up surplus food from restaurants, hospitals and food suppliers and deliver it to missions, soup kitchens and people in need. Moving food from people who have too much, to those who have much too little! Price: $170

Lower Nine (New Orleans, LA): Lower Nine is dedicated to training residents of, and volunteers in, the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, LA, in the skills necessary to bring this century-old historic neighborhood back to life after the devastation wrought by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. These skills include basic carpentry, roofing, plumbing, electrical wiring, sheetrock finishing, etc., which are needed if houses are going to become habitable once again. They also include counseling services, social outreach, medical care, youth programs and advocacy, resident rights advocacy and sustainable economic development. Price: $240

Mission: Wolf (Westcliffe, CO): Mission: Wolf is a peaceful wolf sanctuary located in the remote mountains of Colorado. Their desire is to provide the resident wolves with the most peaceful life possible. They currently care for up to 40 captive-born wolves and wolf-dog crosses. The refuge supports a primitive visitor center that provides visitors and volunteers with hands-on working experience. Price: $220

New American Sustainable Agriculture Project (Portland, ME): NASAP provides information, training, tools and resources to recently resettled refugee farmers and immigrant farm workers now living in Maine. NASAP's primary goal is to deliver focused outreach and technical assistance, including educational programs, to limited-resources immigrant farmers, helping them to build successful Maine farms that are consistent with their cultural and lifestyle aspirations. NASAP provides access to training plots, and recently acquired use of a 96-acre farm in Bowdoinham. Farmers sell produce at farmers’ markets, and though production to date has focused on vegetables and small fruits, the project plans to incorporate livestock, including poultry and goats. Price: $210

Pace School (Pittsburgh, PA): As a private, nonprofit day school, Pace serves hard-to-teach, hard-to-reach children and adolescents. Pace School is a placement option for school districts in Allegheny and surrounding counties and serves students, grades K - 9, with emotional challenges or autism. It is the unique blend of special education and mental health services-and the added supports within each system-that sets Pace School apart.  Price: $210

Raphael House of Portland (Portland, OR): Raphael House of Portland has been offering shelter to women and children fleeing domestic violence since 1977. Each year, more than 300 women and children access shelter, food, clothing, transportation, support groups and individual support at the emergency shelter and over 3500 people are served by the in-house crisis line. In addition, approximately 400 non-residential survivors receive advocacy services through a transitional program and a program at the Domestic Violence Reduction Unit of the Portland Police. $600

Turpentine Creek (Eureka Springs, AR): Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is a no-kill facility dedicated to rescuing abused, abandoned and unwanted big cats. The refuge is a non-profit facility of over 100 rescued exotic cats. Frequently, young cubs of big cats are sold to people as pets. A few months pass and the new "pet owner" begins to realize they have made a mistake. Turpentine Creek staff members have traveled to 17 different states rescuing big cats; lions, tigers, leopards, cougars, servals, bobcats, and lynx. Every animal rescue is an animal saved. Price: $230