Explore Trips
Buck-I-SERV offers trips during winter, spring and summer breaks. Each trip provides a unique location, service project and experience to promote different opportunities for students and to meet the needs of our community partners. Students, leaders and advisors are encouraged to explore and apply for any and all of the trips of interest to them.
- Want to become a student participant? Complete a participant application today!
- Want to grow as a student leader? Complete a leader application today!
- Want to engage as a faculty/staff advisor? Complete an advisor application today!
- Already an accepted participant, leader, or advisor? Find next steps and additional information here!
Spring Break 2025
Applications for spring 2025 alternative break trips are now open! Apply here today!
Explore and learn more about each trip below. Spring break 2025 trips will travel from March 8 through 15, unless otherwise noted. Please review the timeline below for a complete list of application and trip dates. Due to unforseen circumstances, we will unfortunately only be able to offer three international trips this cycle. Domestic trips will return in summer 2025
Domestic Trips:
- Will return in Summer 2025
International Trips:
Dates and Deadlines:
- Mid-October: Spring Break Application Opens
- November 24: Spring Break Trip Leader and Advisor Applications Close
- December 8: Spring Break International Participant Applications Close
- January 14: Spring Trip Kick-Off
- March 8-15: Spring Trips Travel (unless otherwise noted)
- March 18: Spring Trip Welcome Back
About Buck-I-SERV Trips
- Application: Students interested in participating or leading a trip can apply for Buck-I-SERV alternative breaks here. Faculty, staff or graduate students interested in serving as a Buck-I-SERV trip advisor can apply through the online application portal.
- Expectations: Student participants, leaders and faculty/staff advisors are expected to meet all Buck-I-SERV deadlines, attend all pre- and post- departure events, travel as a group throughout the entire trip period and fully participate in all service and other trip activities.
- Cost: Domestic Buck-I-SERV trips for the 2024-2025 academic year have a student participant fee of $500, while international trips range from $2,000-$3,000. Student leaders are provided a 50% discount off the participant fee, while advisors incur no participant fee.
- Funding: Students in need are encouraged to apply for the Buck-I-SERV Access Fund. For students in financial need, please contact Buck-I-SERV for additional resources.
- Accepted Participants: If you have applied and been accepted for a Buck-I-SERV trip as a participant, leader, or advisor, please find additional information and next steps on our accepted participant website.
Learn More About Buck-I-SERV Participation
- Student Involvement
- Faculty/Staff Advising
- Apply for a Trip
- Financial Support
- Frequently Asked Questions
Previous Trips
Winter Break 2024
Domestic Trips:
- Georgia – Medici Project Human Trafficking
- Georgia – Medici Project Juvenile Justice Systems
- Georgia – Restoration Atlanta
- Maryland - Special Olympics Baltimore
- Michigan - Focus HOPE
- Washington D.C. – Father McKenna Center
- Washington D.C. - Food and Friends
International Trips:
Summer Break 2024
Domestic Trips:
- Alabama: Habitat for Humanity Birmingham
- Colorado: Easterseals
- Colorado: Mountain Valley Horse Rescue
- Missouri: Operation Breakthrough
- North Carolina: Carolina Tiger Rescue
- Oklahoma: Cherokee Nation
- South Carolina: Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Tennessee: Medici Project Nashville
- Tennessee: Once Upon A Time
International Trips:
Spring Break 2024
Domestic Trips:
- Florida: Give Kids the World
- Florida: Habitat for Humanity Lake Sumter
- Kentucky: Mammoth Cave National Park
- Louisiana: Merry Green Marvel
- Virginia: Natural Tunnel State Park
- Virginia: York River State Park
International Trips: