The Daily | 3.31.09
Some UW students returned from spring break with suntans. Some returned with sunburns. Participants in Alternative Spring Break (ASB), however, arrived back on campus perhaps as sun-deprived as when they departed — but no skin tone could match the grins on their faces or the sense of fulfillment in their hearts.

The Daily | 3.13.09
This spring break, Bobby Chien won’t be boarding a plane bound for south of the border to sip icy piña coladas and perfect her suntan.
Rather, Chien’s destination is a bit less exotic: She will be spending the week of March 23-27 volunteering in Tonasket, Wash. as part of the UW Pipeline Project’s Alternative Spring Break.

University Week | 04/03/08
Lucy Brennan, a UW sophomore in art and the comparative history of ideas, worked with third and fourth-graders at Forks Elementary School during Alternative Spring Break the last week of March.

University Week | 02/21/08
The UW Seattle has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. The Corporation for National and Community Services bestows the honor.

The Seattle Times | 02/14/08
The University of Washington’s Seattle campus has been chosen by the Corporation for National and Community Services for a President’s Higher Education Community Service award for programs that aid disadvantaged youths.

The Daily | 10/02/07
Ever thought about playing an active role on campus, but haven’t found an outlet on top of a growing workload? From lending a hand to preschool children to traveling and learning about the world, the UW is brimming with a plethora of volunteer opportunities for the next generous Husky to take up the initiative.

UW Office of News and Information | 03/14/07
Teaching middle-school children during Alternative Spring Break changed Nimisha Ghosh Roy’s life. She realized she wants to be a teacher, that she wants to teach physics and Earth science to middle school kids.

The Daily | 02/21/07
With Spring Break less than a month away, UW students are eagerly looking forward to a week of promoting positive change in the greater Seattle area.

YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC | Thursday, March 25, 2004
Eduardo Torres reads his story aloud while University of Washington student Meryl Goodwin pounds away on the keyboard … The effort is part of a UW Pipeline Project, a program in which UW students use their spring break helping elementary students improve their literacy while learning about attending a university …