Alan Hutchcroft Alternative Spring Break

https://www.rockford.edu/community/jacce/alternativespringbreak/

The Alan Hutchcroft Alternative Spring Break (AHASB) provides students the opportunity to participate in Habitat for Humanity’s Collegiate Challenge. This alternative to more traditional spring break activities has become an important part of the Rockford University experience, and in 2005 the trip was named in honor of the late Dr. Alan Hutchcroft, Rockford University Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. The Collegiate Challenge is a year-round alternative break program that provides opportunities for University students to spend their school break building a house in partnership with the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate. It is a tradition of Rockford University to partner with Habitat for Humanity in Starkville, Mississippi. As a co-curricular activity of Rockford University, AHASB is aligned with the University’s mission to prepare students for fulfilling lives, careers and participation in a modern and changing global society—students apply what has been inspired in the classroom, build leadership skills and learn the value of service to others outside the classroom.

A Collegiate Challenge trip may be the best spring break trip students will ever have. Not only do students help people in need — it’s also fun! They’ll have the chance to improve their carpentry skills, connect with new people while making a real difference in Habitat for Humanity’s work of eliminating substandard housing. Rockford University recently passed the program’s 20th anniversary and counting. Contact the Jane Addams Center for Civic Engagement for more information.