Bennion Community Center - Student Affairs - University of Utah

Alternative Spring Break 201110 Trips 128 Participants 7,220 Service Hoursfaculty in community service and experiential learning whilepromoting holistic wellness by dispatching teams of collegestudents to distant communities. Many of the students, forwhom the trip is an intensive introduction to service, returnhome with new perspectives on social issues and a commitmentto continue service efforts at home.this year. She helped develop a manual of program guidelinesand procedures the summer before the academic year and20helped expand the training curriculum for site leaders. She alsohelped ASB bring two new trips on board, one of which was an21international trip to Canada. CERT TrainingRose Zagal and Christy Tobolski Site LeadersIn collaboration with other departments on campus, theBennion Center hosted the second annual CommunityEmergency Response Team (CERT) training. Participantswere trained in the skills required to help themselves andtheir communities mitigate danger during the first 72hours following a disaster when damaged roads, disruptedcommunications, high call volume and other problems mayrestrict access by professional emergency responders. Tenuniversity students and ten student affairs professionalsparticipated, serving 24 hours each, totaling 480 hours ofservice as a group.site leaders invested an average 5 hours per week for 25 weeksduring the year planning and training to lead each trip.After many months of effort and anticipation, the teamsdeparted March 19th. Thanks to the efforts of all participants,and despite some ominous weather conditions, each trip wassafe, rewarding and successful.