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1. It's a good way to spend time doing something meaningful instead of just lounging around the house during your break.
2. You can earn class credit by going on a break!
3. You can see populations and cultures in a different perspective.
4. There are scholarships available!
5. Become Service Learning certified.
6. Build long-term connections with the students you work with and the people you work for.
7. It looks great on a resume.
8. Spending hours in a van with six other people is a good way to activate some deep bonding.
9. Likewise, there's nothing better than staying in spooky churches.
10. You'll make best friends. We promise.
11. Your horizons will be broadened and you will be forced to think.
12. Learn about volunteerism and advocacy, and how to put the two together.
13. It can literally change your life.
14. Because.
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