Outward Bound USA

Our crew will be in Denver next week 👀
Say you'll meet us there if you are around!

✨ THURSDAY MAY 28 ✨
Basecamp Career Fair
3 - 6 PM
CU Denver Wellness Center
Register: www.bit.ly/ob-basecamp26

✨ FRIDAY MAY 29 ✨
Industry Conference Panel
Partnerships That Deliver: How Brands and Community Organizations Get Youth Outdoors
10:15 - 11:15 AM
King Center - Eugenia Rawls room
Tickets: www.bit.ly/ob-industry26

✨ FRIDAY MAY 29 ✨
Alumni & Friends Gathering 4:30 - 6:30 PM
SpringHill Suites Denver Downtown at MSU Denver
FREE to attend!
RSVP: www.bit.ly/ob-friends26

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A huge thanks for this important work to and

Limits tested. Fears faced. Breakthroughs made.

Each year, Morehead-Cain Scholars leave behind what is familiar: campus routines, city noise, certainty itself, and step into the wild.

The collaboration between Morehead-Cain Foundation and Outward Bound is fueling growth, grit, and real‑world impact—showing what’s possible when organizations team up to shape the next generation of changemakers.

🔥 Full story at bit.ly/MCS-story

In collaboration with Outward Bound California, Colorado Outward Bound School, Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, and North Carolina Outward Bound School.

*RESOURCE ALERT*

What makes it hard to start planning a gap year, is knowing where to start. Lucky for you (and us), Gap Year Association (GYA) has done all the lifting work of creating and organizing resources to plan a gap year!

Check out the GYA website for:
🧨 Gap year planning and transition guides.
👀 Searchable profiles for gap year programs and consultants.
🎓 Learn about college credit options.
🏦 Find financial aid options for funding your gap year.

Outward Bound USA is a proud partner of GYA, who helps tens of thousands of people embark on the adventure of a lifetime, every year.

Hit us up!
Find a Gap adventure:
https://bit.ly/3QVw3UR

Grab planning resources:
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Bringing back the to reflect on time shared with the Camp Sunshine crew at Colorado Outward Bound School last summer.

Camp Sunshine was founded in 1982 by Dorothy Jordan, a pediatric nurse with a heartfelt vision to create a camp where kids with cancer could be kids again. Today, over 400 campers and 225 volunteers participate in summer camp at no cost to the family. And one crew each summer has gotten to attend Outward Bound since 1989.

After a hiatus that started in 2020, Camp Sunshine was back at Colorado Outward Bound School in 2025 and we couldn't have been more excited to witness their return.

Every year, a Camp Sunshine crew embarked on the same (but never the same) Outward Bound adventure in Colorado. Participants from this crew had grown up looking at the landscape through pictures from past groups. Learning about the ropes course, backpacking, and climbing through stories told at camp.

It was a place familiar yet completely new. Backpacking and climbing were activities they knew of, but some had never experienced themselves.

The adventure uphill was of course challenging, but every crew member committed to moving as a unit. Resting as needed to provide support for each other. Also taking breaks to simply enjoy the views. We saw students:

🎒 Taking weight from someone else's pack to alleviate their discomfort and pain.
🥪 Owning up to their crew assignments.
🥾 Cheering on each other as they approached and undertook some of the steepest climbs you can know on a hike.

Big packs, big commitment to arriving together, and they did it.

It was a joy to witness the return of Camp Sunshine to COBS.
Looking forward to future adventures with y'all!

Check out Camp Sunshine to learn about their incredible impact for communities in Georgia.

🚨 Just a few days left to sign up for The Outward BOUND 4K Trail Run 🚨

Whether you're running solo or putting together your own team, every step supports bringing immersive, hands-on education to Boston students 👟

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