ZB
Zachary Bauer
  • chemistry
  • Saginaw, MI

Zachary Bauer of Saginaw to Spend Spring Break in Ga. to Ease the Burden of Homelessness

2013 Mar 6

Zachary Bauer, a chemistry major from Saginaw, Mich., is spending his spring break lending a hand to a good cause. As a member of the 11-student team from Saginaw Valley State University, Bauer will travel to Atlanta, Ga. to assist with easing the burden of homelessness. The students will depart Sunday, March 3, and return Saturday, March 9.

The trip is part of SVSU's Alternative Breaks program, a drug- and alcohol-free student-led organization that sends participants on weeklong service trips during winter and spring breaks. The program is a chapter of the national organization Break Away, a nonprofit program whose educational philosophy asks participants to examine causes for a social problem as well as their personal roles perpetuating it. From SVSU, three other trips will depart, with projects in Morehead City, N.C., Hinesville, Ga., and Newark, N.J.

Within Alternative Breaks, teams raise money to cover traveling costs, teach the community about their social issue and learn more about it themselves as they prepare for their trip. Then, in the weeks after their service, students devote time to the social issue in their own community, as part of the organization's mission to enable its members as active global citizens.