Transcript Branch Out Mission - College of William and Mary

Welcome to…
Branch Out
International
Branch Out Vision:
To create a community of active and educated
individuals dedicated to the pursuit of social justice.
Branch Out Mission:
Branch Out will engage students in diverse quality
alternative breaks so that they become active and
educated members of society.
Who are active citizens?
Branch Out Regional
• Day or Weekend Trips
throughout Virginia &
surrounding states
• Trips are offered year round
• Sign up is on a first come, first
serve basis
• First Trip is coming soon!
• How to get involved:
– Look out for the sign-up links on the
Volunteer listserv and Student
Happenings
– Add Branch Out on Facebook
– Give us your email! (sign up after
meeting)
Branch Out National
Offers you a chance to develop knowledge about key social issues,
participate in meaningful direct service in diverse communities in the
Eastern US, and explore possibilities for future engagement.
• 12 Students (2 SL, 10 Particpants)
• Issue diversity
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Educational Inequality
Affordable Housing
Environmental Sustainability
Community Development
Workers Rights
• Location diversity
– Urban
– Rural
• Cost: $250 (possibility for financial aid)
General Timeline-BON
• Friday: Site Leader Applications Available
– General issue areas for trips finalized by SL Application due date
• September 20: Site Leader Applications Due
• September 20-27: Site Leader Interviews
– Specific trips finalized by interviews
• Fall Break (approx): Site Leaders Selected
• Lottery for Participants: Upon return from Winter Break
• Pre-trip educational and organizational meetings during
February and Early March
• Spring Break!: Trips
Branch Out International!
• Alternative breaks that provide opportunities
for students to learn through mutual service in
collaboration with communities outside the
United States.
• We’ll let each of the trips tell you what they
do individually, but FIRST……
Application Process
• Find the application on-line at
– www.wm.edu/branchoutinternational
– OR search “Branch Out International” on WM Search Bar
• E-mail ALL applications to
[email protected] no later than 8 pm
on Sunday, September 11.
• Interviews will take place between Sept 12-21, and teams
will be announced Sept 24th.
• The subject line MUST include, in this order: Name of
trip(s) you’re applying for (First Choice, Second Choice),
Last Name, First Name.
What am I committing to?
•Team Meetings and Fundraisers
•Reorientation: (dates TBA!)
•Day of Service
•Dinner
•Substance Free Policy
•Completion of Liability and Health documents
•Must be completed within 48 hours of
selection!
•BOI fundraising events:
•Auction: Nov 10
•Letter Writing Party: Date TBA
Financial Aid
•Application due 10/3, application will be online
at www.wm.edu/branchoutinternational
•Limited funds are available. Awards are made
based on need and application
•Decisions made 10/10, checks available in
November
Students Helping Honduras
• Location: El Progreso,
Honduras
• Issue being addressed: “We
carry out multiple projects
each year focusing on
education as well as improving
the quality of life of children in
Honduras.”
• Total cost per participant
before fundraising: $1200
• Total cost per participant after
fundraising: $350-650
• Trip dates: March 3 – March 11,
2012
William and Mary Medical Relief
•We work with International Service Learning to provide medical aid and care
to impoverished neighborhoods in Managua, Nicaragua
•We set up free clinics to help address some of the medical needs of the
community and seek to educate William and Mary Students about the issues
concerning global health care
•Trip Dates: January 1st through
January 15th, 2012
•Total Trip Cost before fundraising:
$1900
•Average Trip Cost after fundraising:
about $1050
•William and Mary Medical Relief
recruits early each SPRING;
applications for the 2013 team will
be available next February
william & mary
[haiti compact]
• Port-au-Prince & Cap
Haitian, Haiti
• January 2012
• Issues: Advocacy, Public
Health, Empowerment
• $2,000 per person
(before), $1,000 per
person (on average,
after fundraising)
Jinotega, Nicaragua
Our mission: to transform the lives of students, families, and communities
within Nicaragua through the education of orphaned, abandoned, and
disadvantaged children. Our main focus is to provide English education and a
safe environment for these children to grow and learn.
Dates: January 7th-14th, 2011
Cost per person: $800 plus airfare (approximately $500)
Total cost per person after fundraising: $0 to $800 (very dependant on team
and individual effort!)
We hope to hear from you soon! Trip leaders Delaney and Danielle
(contact Delaney at [email protected])
Bridges to Community
Improving the lives of Nicaraguans
by constructing safe and stable
homes and community spaces that
provide many health, economic, and
educational benefits.
-Average cost: $1,295 plus airfare
•Airfare is roughly $500 depending on time of purchase
•Projected cost with fundraising is about 50%
•Deposit amount: $250 due October 1st
•All payments are tax-deductable
- Trip participants will live and work within the Nicaraguan
community providing a cultural and personal experience
Trip Date: January 2012
Student Partnership for
International Medical Aid (SPIMA)
Issue:
Public Health: This year we will be working with
a community to build a public toilet as well as
provide health education and other public
health initiatives
Where & When:
Hohoe, Ghana
Right after graduation
2-3 weeks
Cost:
$2,200
(w/ fundraising = $1,400)
Team Name: William & Mary Global Village Project
Location: El Salvador or Guatemala (Not yet
Confirmed)
Issue Addressed: Affordable Housing
Average Cost Per Participant, Pre-Fundraising: $1,800
Average Cost Per Participant, After Fundraising: $100
Trip Dates: Spring Break (March 3-11)
http://wmgvp2012.wordpress.com/
Contact us at [email protected]
AIDSTanzania
 Where: Arusha, Tanzania
 What: HIV/AIDS
Education and Testing
 Dates: 2 weeks during
January of Winter Break
 Cost: varies year to year
 Before fundraising: $2000
 After fundraising: $1200
 Apply in the spring!
Flowers Bank & Caye Caulker (an island off the
coast)
Education reform in Belize
Roughly $1,600 per student (though depending on
team fundraising throughout the school year that amount
decreases)
January 2-16, 2012
Start of the Spring semester email us for an
application and look out for our info sessions!
[email protected]
students4belizeeducation.tumblr.com
William and Mary Medical Relief: Haiti
• Serving communities in Anse-a-pitre, Haiti and Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic
• We will work to understand the causes of infectious
disease in under-served communities while using
health education along with clinical aid to combat
illness.
• Cost of trip before fundraising: $1400+airfare
• Cost after fundraising: $900+airfare
• Dates: May 16-25, 2012
Other Great Trips!
• Student Organization for Medical Outreach and
Sustainability (SOMOS)
– Public health, social equality
– Winter break
– [email protected] Freshmen only, Sept. 11 deadline
• Medical Aid Nicaragua: Outreach Scholarship (MANOS)
– Water availibility, medical aid
– Winter break
– [email protected] Freshmen only, Sept. 11 deadline
• Catholic Campus Ministries, Baptist Collegiate Ministries,
WM professors, etc.
Questions?
• Contact us!
– [email protected]
– Blow Hall, 320
– [email protected],
[email protected]
– Contact info for all team leaders is available at
www.wm.edu/branchout