Alternative Spring Break - Domestic

WHAT:  A week-long service-learning project in which students serve as camp counselors at Boggy Creek, a family camp for children with serious illnesses.  Students are assigned to a child and family and spend the week helping the family with their needs.

WHO:  All medical students may apply.  7-10 students will be chosen for the trip.  Selected students must participate in 5-6 orientation sessions prior to the trip and re-orientation sessions for reflection after the trip. 

WHEN:  Spring Break

WHERE:  The Boggy Creek Gang Camp is a year-long camp located in sunny Orlando, Florida.  For the past two years, students have helped children on ventilators and their families enjoy the week's activities of games, crafts, and arts.

WEBSITE (OSML):    www.medicine.iu.edu/%7Eomsl/Site_Pages/Service_Learning_Projects/ASB.htm

CONTACT:  Lorenzo Hughes, lohughes@iupui.edu

                      Heather McDaniel, hlmcdani@iupui.edu

For more information about the Boggy Creek Gang Camp, visit their website:  www.boggycreek.org