HIV/AIDS Alternative Spring Break receives Wyatt Award
The 1997 Stanford HIV/AIDS in San Francisco Alternative Spring Break recently received the Joe B. Wyatt Award for the curriculum-based alternative spring break of the year. The award was presented by Break Away, a national organization that honors the achievement and dedication of students involved in alternative break programs throughout the country. The Stanford project was chosen for its "consistent involvement with multiple community organizations and the depth of the educational elements of the curriculum-based alternative spring break."
The HIV/AIDS project in San
Francisco was one of several Alternative Spring Break
service-learning projects that gave Stanford students the
opportunity to experience the reality of social issues through
assigned reading, group discussion, personal reflection and
hands-on community service. This is the second consecutive year
that Stanford's Alternative Spring Break program has been chosen
for one of the Break Away awards; last year it received the Program
of the Year Award. SR