A Letter from the Executive Director, Outward Bound USA To Outward Bound Family, Friends and Partners: I am pleased to announce that Katie Newsom Pastuszek will be joining the Outward Bound USA (OBUSA) team as the new Chief Advancement Officer (CAO), effective July 1, 2018. Katie joins the OB USA team with more than 20… READ MORE >
This is an open letter to the donors of the Outward Bound Veterans Programs. I am a 72 year old U.S. Marine veteran of the Vietnam War, I have been granted 100% disability by the Veterans Administration which 70% is from PTSD. I have suffered from this syndrome for the past 50 years. The 26… READ MORE >
On March 8th (International Women’s Day!), POBS screened the award-winning documentary film, Women Outward Bound, at WHYY’s studios in Center City, Philadelphia. Women Outward Bound tells the story of the first all female Outward Bound expedition in the US in 1965, and the participants reunion nearly 50 years later. Director Maxine Davis, one of students from this… READ MORE >
The Discovery Center: Progress Update In September 2018, The Discovery Center – a new outdoor education center shared by the Philadelphia Outward Bound School and Audubon Pennsylvania – will open its doors. The Discovery Center will serve as the base of operations for the Philadelphia Outward Bound School, featuring an outdoor teams challenge course, an… READ MORE >
PHILADELPHIA — The School District of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Outward Bound School have partnered on an exciting pilot program to be offered primarily to 9th Grade Academy students throughout the District beginning in the 2017-2018 school year. “Many of our students have participated in Outward Bound programs over the years, and have greatly… READ MORE >
This July (2016), Philadelphia Outward Bound School (POBS) partnered with Good Grief to deliver a seven-day Grieving Teens Expedition. Good Grief a is a non-profit located in Morristown and Princeton, New Jersey that provides unlimited and free support to children, teens, young adults, and families after the death of a mother, father, sister, or brother through peer… READ MORE >
Guest Author: Kim Glodek, Education Manager . . .
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T. S. Eliot Guest Author: Alum, Alexandra “Lexi” Prochniak . . . At the top of a 31-story building the wind whipped through my hair. I heard my name and walked over to the edge. Strapped into a… READ MORE >