Location: Island Beach State Park is a preserved barrier island in Ocean County, NJ, that protects a number of natural shoreline and nearshore habitats. The park contains close to ten miles of sandy beach, an extensive shoreline along Barnegat Bay, dense maritime forests, rolling sand dunes, and tidal marshes. Island Beach is also home to foxes, ospreys, other wildlife, and more than 400 species of plants. Theme: The theme for this ASB Summer Trip is environmental protection. Possible volunteer activities will be largely based outdoors and might range from phragmites control to bayside cleanup, assisting with Ocean Fun Day, landscaping, and gardening. Dates: Tentatively May 14-18, 2008 (Wed-Sun) [Finals end on May 13 and students have to move out of on-campus housing by noon on May 14] Accommodation: We will be renting a beautiful beach house in Seaside Park, which is a residential neighborhood a short drive away from Island Beach State Park. Estimated cost: ~$150 per participant Cost: The trip will cost approximately $150 ($130 for drivers). Deadline: The deadline for applications is Sunday, April 20 at 5:00 pm. DEMOGRAPHICS Name: Address (if on-campus, give both box and room numbers): School: College Nursing SEAS Wharton Expected Graduation Year: Major: E-mail address: Phone: Age as of 5/14/2008: Sex: If you are 21 or older by the trip, would you agree to be a driver?Yes No Are you driver certified from Penn’s Office of Risk Management? Yes No (If you are not certified and would like to be, please contact Laura Paine lpaine@sas.upenn.edu to sign-up for a Driver Safety class). Have you ever applied to Alternate Spring Break before? Yes No If so, what year/s? Have you ever participated in Alternate Spring Break before? Yes No If so, when and where? FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS 1. Why do you want to participate in an ASB Summer Trip and what do you think you could contribute to your group, both during the program and upon your return to Penn? characters left 2. One of the objectives of Alternate Spring Break is to immerse students in a diverse environment that enables them to experience, discuss and understand social issues in a significant way. Please share a time when you stepped out of your comfort zone and what you learned from that experience. characters left 3. Please describe what social responsibility means to you. characters left
Location: Island Beach State Park is a preserved barrier island in Ocean County, NJ, that protects a number of natural shoreline and nearshore habitats. The park contains close to ten miles of sandy beach, an extensive shoreline along Barnegat Bay, dense maritime forests, rolling sand dunes, and tidal marshes. Island Beach is also home to foxes, ospreys, other wildlife, and more than 400 species of plants.
Theme: The theme for this ASB Summer Trip is environmental protection. Possible volunteer activities will be largely based outdoors and might range from phragmites control to bayside cleanup, assisting with Ocean Fun Day, landscaping, and gardening.
Dates: Tentatively May 14-18, 2008 (Wed-Sun) [Finals end on May 13 and students have to move out of on-campus housing by noon on May 14]
Accommodation: We will be renting a beautiful beach house in Seaside Park, which is a residential neighborhood a short drive away from Island Beach State Park. Estimated cost: ~$150 per participant
Cost: The trip will cost approximately $150 ($130 for drivers). Deadline: The deadline for applications is Sunday, April 20 at 5:00 pm. DEMOGRAPHICS
Name:
Address (if on-campus, give both box and room numbers):
School: College Nursing SEAS Wharton Expected Graduation Year: Major:
E-mail address: Phone: Age as of 5/14/2008: Sex: If you are 21 or older by the trip, would you agree to be a driver?Yes No
Are you driver certified from Penn’s Office of Risk Management? Yes No (If you are not certified and would like to be, please contact Laura Paine lpaine@sas.upenn.edu to sign-up for a Driver Safety class).
FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS
1. Why do you want to participate in an ASB Summer Trip and what do you think you could contribute to your group, both during the program and upon your return to Penn?
3. Please describe what social responsibility means to you.
