Thanks for making ASB Orientation 2010 a success! We hope you had as much fun as we did!
Remember to get your final deposits turned in, complete any outstanding paperwork, register to drive if you haven’t yet, and get ready to rock out during the best spring break yet!
Finally, the reason you’re probably visiting the ASBlog in the first place…
Hey everyone,
Sorry for the belated turnaround time (blame finals and distraction by sparkly objects around Christmastime), but the video from Site Reveal is now up on the video page!
Moral of the story: set two alarms.
-ASBoard
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you in 2010!
From our ASB family to you and yours, Happy Thanksgiving! We are so grateful for everyone involved in our wonderful program, from site leaders to participants to the organizations we work with and the communities we serve. Thank you all for making Vanderbilt ASB a rich and meaningful experience for so many. We hope everyone is enjoying this time with family and friends, and has a safe and happy remainder of the break.
-ASBoard
Hey everyone!
Apologies for the long wait between updates. We’ve all been super-busy reading applications, interviewing potential ASB-ers, and placing applicants on their sites. After a long weekend full of post-it grids and some elaborate planning, we now have participants on every site!
This is the best part of the year, when this organization goes from having 84 members (72 site leaders + 12 board members) to having 400+ almost overnight. We live for it and hope you share in our enthusiasm!
So, if you applied for ASB, stay with your phone tonight, because you will be getting a call from someone. We can’t wait until Reveal on Sunday night!
-ASBoard
Hey all–
Can’t get enough shenanigans, ASBuckets, love triangles, and magical things? Then you’re in luck, because we’ve posted the board video you saw at Site Leader Retreat!
Enjoy!
-ASBoard
As experienced ASB-ers all know, each year we pick a theme for ASB. Besides being something cool to wear on a t-shirt and a good excuse to blast a different song in particular on repeat, we love having a theme because it gives us a sense of purpose and direction in thinking about what we’re doing by taking part in ASB. Education and reflection are two of the three pillars the alternative break mission is built on, and having a theme unifies these two ideas in a really nice, visible way.
All this is to say that we have a theme, and that theme is
STIR IT UP!
This year on ASB, we’re stirring things up: stirring up our community, ourselves, and our world. ASB is all about challenging the status quo–that’s why we’re Alternative Spring Break. So grab a hand mixer, blender, or swizzle stick, and let the spooning jokes commence!
-Your Board
The day is finally here! Participant applications for Alternative Spring Break 2010 are due at 5:00 p.m. in the Community Partnership House behind Branscomb. Put the final touches on your essays, double-check what you ranked, attempt to bribe a Board member with baked goods (kidding…but we like cookies) and get those apps IN!
It’s official: Alternative Spring Break 2010 is amazing in 72 new ways. Site Leaders, thanks for an amazing retreat! You’re all wonderful and will do an incredible job with your sites. Also, you look fantastic in red:
Then, as if this weekend couldn’t get any better, Sunday was ASBBQ on Alumni Lawn! The SLs showcased their mad trifolding skills and a lot of macaroni was eaten. Hopefully we generated even more interest in ASB, or at least helped applicants make more informed choices as they ranked their sites.
Eagerly anticipating the applications deadline and starting the next phase of ASB: reading applications and interviewing applicants!
-Your Board
Hey everyone! If you would like to find out more about this ASBiznaz, we’re holding an info session this Wednesday, October 7, from 6-8 pm in the Commons Living Room. We’ll have a visually-appealing slide show, tri-fold, applications, and ASBoard members galore to answer all your questions. So ASBe there or be square!
