Apply Now: Service & Justice Trips

Spring Break 2025

Online Application: Step 1

• In addition to standard information, our online application has several brief essays and asks applicants to rank social justice issues you might be interested in learning about on a trip.
• The application takes about half an hour, please plan accordingly. It does not allow you to save and come back to it, so please draft your answers in a word document if you cannot finish in one sitting. It is better to do this from a computer rather than a phone.  
• All applications are for the general Service & Justice Trips Program and not for a specific site. We will consider your preferences, but we can offer no placement guarantees.
• We reserve the right to alter trips as needed for health and safety of students including weather delays or early returns. 
• Applications are due by November 12, 2024.
• All applications and acceptances are conditional. If you do not go through the interview process or make an on-time payment, you will be moved to our waitlist.

• The price of the Service & Justice Trips is $325 for full-week trips and $185 for 5-day trips.
• We are able to make this possible due to the generosity of donors who support SCSJ fundraising efforts.
• To streamline the process of collecting payments, the SCSJ will accept the fee for your Service & Justice Trip on specific payment days by check, cash or credit card in the SCSJ in Upper Brandeis Suite 202 or by phone 402-280-1290.
• Your Service & Justice Trips payment will be refundable for one week from the payment date. Should you withdraw from the Service & Justice Trips program after that point, no portion of the payment is refundable because costs have been incurred on your behalf to prepare for the trips.
• There are need-based student scholarships available. Awards are processed as received on a rolling basis. Our priority deadline for on-time awards is Nov. 8, the final deadline is Nov. 13. Payment plans are also available to make trips accessible.

Interviews: Step 3

• The second part of the application process is a group interview Thursday Nov. 14th either 7-8 pm or 8:30-9:30 pm.  Interviews are relatively informal, and there is no need to dress up. We ask everyone interviewing for Service & Justice Trips to read the brief article "In the Service of Life" before their interview.
• E-mail cristinahiddleston@creighton.edu if you have questions about the interview process.

General Information

• If you will be under 19 years old at any point during the trip, please complete and return our “Under 19 Parent Consent Form." You and a parent or guardian must both sign the document and return it before the time of your trip. You can e-mail it to olivialutz@creighton.edu. 
• Participants will find out where they are going on their trips at the first General Meeting.
• Our coordinators are of all ages, sophomores through seniors, and a few graduate students.
• Before the break, each Service & Justice Trip participant must complete Creighton’s Children and Vulnerable Adults training and Creighton’s Van Safety Training on the bridge platform.
• The formation meetings listed below are mandatory. If you miss more than one of the General Meetings, we will re-evaluate your participation in the program. You will likely be asked to withdraw from the program and go on a trip in a future semester when you can attend the formation meetings.

Important Dates: 
2025 Spring Break Service & Justice Trips

Important Dates: 2025 Fall Break Service & Justice Trips