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! 

Summer 2025

Applications for summer 2025 alternative break trips are now closed! Winter 2025 trips will be available in early-September.

Explore and learn more about each trip below. Summer break 2025 trips will travel from May 3 through May 10, unless otherwise noted. Please review the timeline below for a complete list of application and trip dates. If a student will be graduating at the end of spring semester 2025, the student is not eligible to participate in a summer Buck-I-SERV trip.

Domestic Trips:

• Alabama: Habitat for Humanity Birmingham
• Colorado: Easterseals
• Colorado: Mountain Valley Horse Rescue
• Kentucky: Frontier Housing
• Kentucky: Mammoth Cave National Park
• Missouri: Operation Breakthrough
• North Carolina: Carolina Tiger Rescue
• Oklahoma: Cherokee Nation
• South Carolina: Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• Tennessee: Once Upon A Time

International Trips:

• Dominican Republic: Bridges to Community
• Guatemala: Constru Casa
• Guatemala: Hug It Forward
• Honduras: Montaña de Luz

Dates and Deadlines: 

• Early-January: Summer Break Application Opens 
• February 9: Summer Break Trip Leader and International Participant Applications Close
• February 16: Summer Break Domestic Participant and Advisor Applications Close 
• March 4: Spring Trip Kick-Off
• May 3-10: Spring Trips Travel (unless otherwise noted)

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

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