A Path to Discovery and Service With open hearts and a common goal to serve, learn, and develop, our Bear Breaks team entered Chicago, a city rich in culture, history, and diversity. Working with amazing groups committed to changing the situation, we spent several days immersed in areas facing homelessness and food insecurity. Giving back was only one aspect of the … [Read more...] about Bear Breaks Chicago 2025: Impact Report
Instead of sunshine and the beach, I decided to go on the Immersion Trip hosted by Community Engagement Center aka. BearBreak with a bunch of strangers. Unexpected is good: I am going to be quite honest; I had no idea what BearBreaks entails at the time of application. I saw a poster about an Immersion trip in Dallas, where students get to volunteer with … [Read more...] about First Bear Break to remember
When I heard about Bear Breaks, I was instantly excited. What a cool way to spend Spring Break - with fellow students, getting to serve others in a community that was unfamiliar to me, and it was a bonus that the emphasis of the trip was on education, my major. I applied and found out I was accepted. Cue the anxiety. I realized what exactly I signed up for. A 7-hour road trip … [Read more...] about Take the Risk
Don’t get me wrong, a spring break on the beach with a group of people I know does sound fun but what if I tried something else? That's exactly what I did when I applied to lead my first Bear Break trip this year. Pre-Trip Going in I knew nothing about the program but was excited to dive in and learn all there was to it. Starting out meeting one on one with Alex in … [Read more...] about The Trip of a Lifetime
It was with a heavy heart that we made the decision to cancel Bear Breaks Immersion Trips for Spring Break 2020. COVID-19 put a wrench in our plans, but the health and safety of our student participants, as well as our community partners across the country, is always a top priority. Training and Education in 2019-2020 The following trips were planned and ready for Spring … [Read more...] about Bear Breaks’ Pursuit of Active Citizenship Continues in 2020-21