Service Trips

Bonner Scholars conduct service in New Orleans over winter break.

Each class of Bonners participate in a sequence of service and enrichment trips over a four year period that are designed to have an impact on an impoverished community as well as deepen their understanding of this country’s struggle for democracy and equality.

First-year students travel to Philadelphia to learn about the birth of democracy–and then to New Orleans, where they spend their winter break building homes in the Lower Ninth Ward.

Sophomores drive to Richmond where they engage in service projects with Bonners from that city and learn about the Civil War.

Juniors work on projects in Atlanta–where they spend time learning about the Civil Rights Movement and its leaders.

Rising Seniors travel to Nicaragua where they spend just over a week analyzing American policy and its affect on poverty-stricken regions across the globe.

Service and Enrichment Trips Blogs

Bonner students participating in service and enrichment trips are encouraged to maintain and update a community blog focused on each trip. The following links will take you to the blogs dedicated to recent Bonner service trips:

Atlanta, GA

New Orleans, LA

Nicaragua

Richmond, VA

Bonners in their sophomore year visit Richmond, VA and participate in service while also learning about local history.