Mizzou Alternative Breaks
Higher EducationMissouri, United States2-10 Employees
Mizzou Alternative Breaks (MAB) is a student-focused program in higher education that coordinates volunteer trips across the United States. Founded in 1991 and based in Columbia, Missouri, it typically brings together groups of about a dozen students for service trips during weekends and university breaks. Trips address a range of needs, with service focus areas including health, the environment, education, homelessness, and poverty, and they proceed only with host communities' requests. The program is guided by seven principles, with the central tenet of 'Serve, Don’t Help' emphasizing humility and collaboration. As a founding member of the SEC Compact, MAB sits within a broader network of campus-based service initiatives in the higher education sector.