Chase Schultz
  • chemistry and mathematics
  • Class of 2018
  • Cadillac, MI

Chase Schultz joined in an alternative holiday break project

2017 Dec 20

The Alma College service experiences are provided through the Alternative Break Program, which allows students to apply classroom learning to real-life situations and gain a greater appreciation of the value of serving others.

"I participated in my first Alternative Break trip when I was a freshman and loved it," says co-chair and site leader Annika Gurrola, a senior from Billings, Mont. "This program has introduced me to a wide array of social justice issues that I was oblivious to before coming to Alma."

"Alternative Break is one of my favorite experiences that I have taken part in at Alma College," says veteran breaker Joelle Fisher, Muskegon senior. "Being able to spend a week meeting new people and making friends while giving back to the community is so rewarding - especially right before the holidays."

This year's volunteer sites with descriptions are:

Urban Poverty - Center for the Homeless, South Bend, Ind. (Dec. 15-19). Volunteers will serve meals, tutor school-age children, sort clothing donations and help the shelter with pre-Christmas preparations.

Children's Health - Ronald McDonald House, Memphis, Tenn. (Dec. 17-22). Participants will assist Ronald McDonald House staff as needed. Possible duties include helping with the holiday store, toy sanitization, housekeeping and operational tasks.

Urban Poverty - Medici Project, Nashville, Tenn. (Jan. 2-6). Volunteers will spend time serving and learningn at two urban homeless shelters and have the opportunity to interact and volunteer with middle school students in the afternoons.

Affordable Housing - Habitat for Humanity, Elizabethtown, Ky. (Jan. 2-6). Participants will work with Hardin County Habitat for Humanity to build and remodel homes for families in need.

2018 Chase Schultz of Cadillac, MI is volunteering at Affordable Housing - Habitat for Humanity, Elizabethtown, Ky..