Spend your college breaks in service to the greater good.
We see service as more than long hours, sweat, or sacrifice. It’s how we show love all around the world.
During spring, summer, fall, and winter breaks, you can participate in one of our many immersion trips, guided by experienced Waynesburg University faculty and staff. It’s your chance to help underserved communities while earning course credit. These trips apply to a range of academic concentrations or interests and provide incredible work experiences that will nourish you for a lifetime.
For more information about past and future trips visit the Service Tab on myConnect.
Faith, Learning and Service Immersion Trips
Fall Break
All fall trips can be used for Service Learning course requirement. Register for 106-01 in the fall term. Estimated cost includes food, lodging, local transportation, and airfare but does not include the cost of a passport and immunizations.
Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg, PA
Estimated cost: $350
Assist with battlefield restoration and environmental stewardship.
The Philadelphia Project
Philadelphia, PA.
Estimated cost: $350
Perform construction projects with a family in need of critical home repair, learn construction and connect with the Appalachian community.
Greene County Immersion
Waynesburg, PA
Estimated cost: $20
Participate in an assortment of service activities in a rural area.
Greene County Habitat for Humanity
Waynesburg, PA
Estimated cost: $20
Assist with building homes to address substandard housing issues within Greene County.
Winter Break
All winter trips can be used for Service Learning course requirement. Register for 106-01 in the spring term. Estimated cost includes food, lodging, local transportation, and airfare but does not include cost of passport and immunizations.
E.P. Roberts Primary School
Nassau, Bahamas
Estimated cost: $900
Assist in teaching public school classes of various subjects alongside local teachers.
Trans World Radio (TWR)
Bonaire
Estimated cost: $1,400
Work at a Christian radio station creating production schedules, radio lines, videos, and promotional material, or archive documents, artifacts, and basic island archaeology.
All Hands Volunteers
Disaster Relief, Location TBA
Estimated cost: $500
Fulfill the mission of All Hands Volunteers in an area of immediate need: “To provide immediate, effective, and sustainable support to communities in need by harnessing the energy and commitment of dedicated volunteers.”
Thrive Vision
San Jose, Costa Rica
Estimated cost: $1600
Serve at an orphanage, church, youth sport clinic, youth group, English instruction and at a women's shelter.
Spring Break
All spring trips can be used for Service Learning course requirement. Register for 106-01 in the spring term. Estimated cost includes food, lodging, local transportation, and airfare but does not include cost of passport and immunizations.
Habitat for Humanity
Concord, NC
Estimated cost: $400
Assist with building homes to address substandard housing issues in North Carolina.
Environmental Stewardship
TBA
Estimated cost: TBA
Domestic environmental stewardship service projects.
Save Historic Antietam Foundation
Antietam, MD
Estimated cost: $400
Preserve and protect sites associated with the 1862 Maryland Campaign and partner with The Civil War Trust in acquiring and restoring some prominent and significant sites within the Antietam National Battlefield boundaries.
WARM/Track and Field Team
Wilmington, NC
Estimated cost: $400
Volunteers will assist with home repairs and construction projects.
Summer Break
All summer trips can be used for Service Learning course requirement. Register for 106-01 in the spring term. Estimated cost includes food, lodging, local transportation, and airfare but does not include cost of passport and immunizations.
Children’s Nutrition Center
Patzun, Guatemala
Estimated cost: $1,300
Assist with general maintenance and caring for children at a nutrition center run by Franciscan nuns.
Camp Caribe
Puerto Rico
Estimated cost: $1,400
Volunteer at an after-school youth program, design STEM workshops and help with camp maintenance projects.
Laughlin Chapel & Wheeling Park HS
Wheeling, WV
Estimated cost: $400
Volunteer at a Christian after-school program and teach science classes at the high school.
The Lamplighters Touring Choir
Pittsburgh, PA
Estimated cost: $500
Choir services throughout Pittsburgh, PA and will complete volunteer projects at a variety of non-profit organizations.
Out of the Dust Studios
Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic
Estimated cost: $1500
Students will be able to research and implement economic, social and spiritual growth initiatives with the village.
