Alternative Spring Break Blogs || Bucknell University

	Bucknell Brigade, Spring 2007 A delegation of 25 students and staff traveled to Nueva Vida, Nicaragua, March 9-17 to work at a health clinic in a resettlement community of 15,000 people who lost their homes and livelihoods to Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Five participants wrote daily blogs about their experiences.
	Habitat for Humanity, Florida 2007 More than 30 students were in Miami March 10-17 to participate in the Habitat for Humanity Collegiate Challenge. The challenge provides the opportunity for Bucknell students to spend spring break building a house in partnership with a Habitat for Humanity affiliate. Follow along by reading the posts from two student bloggers.
	Memphis Civil Rights Trip 2007 Nineteen students and staff traveled to Memphis, Tenn., on an alternative spring break trip to investigate the unfinished legacy of the civil rights movement. The group will meet with leaders of the movement, visit historical sites, participate in service-learning projects in Memphis. Read the posts from our three Memphis bloggers.
	Eleven students and staff were in Hawaii March 10-18 to participate in the Habitat for Humanity Collegiate Challenge. The challenge provides the opportunity for Bucknell students to spend spring break building a house in partnership with a Habitat for Humanity affiliate. Follow along by reading the posts from two student bloggers.

Katrina Relief -- In December 2006, 25 Bucknell volunteers traveled to New Orleans, assisting with reconstruction work as well as helping to prepare and serve meals.
Bucknell Brigade -- A Bucknell delegation of 20 students and five faculty and staff traveled to Nueva Vida, Nicaragua, January 2007.