The Alternative Spring Break Program, which is committed to serving communities in need and involving students in meaningful service, sent about 500 students this year to the following community service projects: Baltimore - Gang Violence; Chicago - Gun Violence: Washington, D.C. - HIV and AIDS/Homelessness; Detroit - Illiteracy and Environmental Justice; Memphis - Poverty; Newark, N.J. - High School Retention; New Orleans – Prison Industrial Complex and Education; and St. Louis – Social Justice.