Alt Break: Garden City, Kansas

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Alternative Breaks is a professional development opportunity for students to participate in an intensive service experience during a winter, spring, or weekend break. Travel to sites around the Midwest to work with local residents and learn how communities are addressing pressing social issues. Breaks are open to all K-State undergraduate, graduate, and international students.

What You'll Do
- Students meet on campus and travel together to Garden City
- Visit local schools to work in classrooms and learn how educators support students
- Tour Tyson Foods, Brookover Feed Yard and the Kansas Food Bank’s new regional center
- Eat authentic meals inspired by Garden City’s immigrant community
- Work alongside community partners in hands-on service projects addressing food insecurity
- Explore local markets, museums, and historic spaces to better understand the evolving culture of this rural town
- Dine with a city commissioner to gain insight into local decision-making, and connect over issues that shape the community
- Return with new insights into service, identity, and community, and a story that might change how you see Kansas

The cost to participate is $250 per student. The fee helps cover transportation, accommodation in Garden City, all meals and a K-State Service Teams T-shirt. Scholarships are available.

Students interested in participating should complete the online application by Monday, Dec. 22: https://kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cHXGykFyyECRggK

Questions or want to learn more? Email altbreaks@ksu.edu and we would love to connect with you.

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