Support for Alternative Break Programs

Break Away Chapter schools are a committed and collaborative network of alternative break programs across the country, developing student leadership, and pursuing measurable community impact.

Whether your program is just getting started or has been thriving for 20 years, Break Away and the Chapter school network can offer you the resources, relationships, analysis, and oomph to grow or sustain your program and to team up with other programs and community partners in exciting and collaborative direct service work.

Current Break Away Chapter schools Upcoming Events Overview of Membership Benefits

Start a Program

If you're just kicking off an alternative break program on your campus, don't waste valuable time reinventing structures and forms or spinning through questions and problems that many schools have resolved before. Become a Break Away Chapter school, and let us help you quickly build a solid foundation on which you can run your first year of high-impact trips and return galvanized students to steward the program for years to come. You'll find solid and experienced community partners in our SiteBank, lots of templates in the Sample Document Library, and passionate advocates and helpers in our staff.

Alternative Break Checklist

Associate Chapter - $400 per year

SiteBank and HousingBank access
Ongoing consultation from Break Away
Access to resources through our Sample Documents Library and national listserv
Participation in the National Conference Call series
Listing as an Associate Chapter
Forum access
10% discount on trainings and products

Advantage Chapter - $750 per year

SiteBank and HousingBank access
Ongoing consultation from Break Away
Access to resources through our Sample Documents Library and national listserv
Participation in the National Conference Call series
Listing as a Advantage Chapter
Forum access
20% discount on trainings and products
One free ABCs registration (a $700 value)