Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a student-run, non-profit service organization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Despite the organization’s name, ASB sends U of I students on nationwide service trips four times throughout the year. Annually, ASB sends about 30 trips consisting of 14 students per trip. During their fall, winter, spring, and summer breaks, ASB participants travel across the country to learn about and actively combat social justice and environmental issues.

Since the inception of UIUC’s ASB chapter in 1989, thousands of University of Illinois students have positively impacted communities in the nation. Trips concern issues such as homelessness and poverty, childhood illiteracy, healthcare, environment, and many more.

ASB’s mission is to educate students about social, political, and environmental issues through direct service, group reflections, student leadership, diversity, and engagement beyond the local community.