Beyond serving as base of operations for the Philadelphia Outward Bound School and Audubon Mid-Atlantic, The Discovery Center strives to make the natural space around the Strawberry Mansion Reservoir accessible to surrounding neighborhoods, and provide outdoor opportunities and educational programming to community members. The Center also serves as a place where local community organizations can… READ MORE >
In this season of giving thanks we want to acknowledge and show gratitude to all of those in our community we have the pleasure and privilege of working alongside. To kick off this series of thanksgiving posts, we’d like to express our gratitude for our longstanding partnership with Leadership Philadelphia. We have had a meaningful… READ MORE >
This month, after a busy summer of over 30 expeditions, our instructors and logistics team spent a full week – aptly named Logistics Week – taking stock of our gear and expedition materials and preparing for the spring season. “Fall is the perfect time to care, clean, rebuild, and really get ready for the new… READ MORE >
Philadelphia Outward Bound School would truly not be the place it is without all of our incredible school partners. We are privileged to work with over 70 schools in the Greater Philadelphia Region, including the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) and many charter and independent schools. POBS was founded by a group of passionate community… READ MORE >
For this season of giving thanks, a special message from our Executive Director, Meg Wise: “I am so thankful for the Instructors at POBS — for their tenacity, compassion, and deep commitment to our mission and our students. 2021, like 2020, was a very challenging year. At the height of the pandemic we had shifted… READ MORE >
To continue our week of giving thanks we would like to highlight a very meaningful partnership, the Philadelphia Veterans Administration (VA). We have been working with the Philadelphia VA since 2018 with the overall goal of empowering our local veterans to build and continue to develop skills and systems of support to navigate the challenges… READ MORE >
This month we cover the recent success of Building Adventure 2021! This high-adrenaline fundraiser for the Philadelphia Outward Bound School (POBS) in which participants rappel down a skyscraper in Center City was an unqualified success! With the participation of 111 rappellers and some 2,000 individual donations, POBS was able to exceed our goal of $200,000, to raise an… READ MORE >
On Tuesday, October 26, the Philadelphia Outward Bound School (POBS) and Outward Bound USA celebrated as POBS emeritus board member (and former OBUSA board chair) James “Jamie” McLane was presented the Kurt Hahn Award, the highest honor bestowed throughout the Outward Bound system in the US. The annual award, named in honor of the founder… READ MORE >