ap·pre·ci·ate /əˈprēSHēˌāt/ verb to understand the worth or importance of something or someoneto admire and value something or someoneto be grateful for something or someoneto grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance ofto value or admire highlyto make a polite... READ MORE

Attention VOBS Community! Voyageur Outward Bound School is launching a full scholarship opportunity for students in our partner schools, colleges and youth-serving nonprofits. And you can help spread the word! We love working with our partner schools, colleges and youth-serving... READ MORE

Last Spring, as we prepared to return to a full summer of programming, we were a little nervous, and frankly, a little daunted. But one of our intrepid Course Directors brought us right back to the mission: Our canoes and... READ MORE

I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with this summer. Nick Carraway – The Great Gatsby Hello Summer 2021! We made it! It’s June, and VOBS has returned to in-person expedition programming at both of our... READ MORE

Greetings VOBS Friends, On behalf of the entire VOBS team, I would like to take a moment to thank our recent alumni, very sincerely, for going Outward Bound with us this fall. To go Outward Bound is to take a... READ MORE

Dear High School Grads & College-Age Students, In the weeks, months, and years to come, you will need courage, confidence, and tenacity. You’re facing new challenges every day and you’re coping with a lot of uncertainty. From a global pandemic... READ MORE

Alumni Spotlight: Cynthia Doty The Past Where were you before VOBS or what brought you to VOBS? In 1979, I read an article in Self magazine, entitled Wilderness Trips—Going to the Wilder Limits of Self. I still have the article with pertinent... READ MORE

Ruby Simione is a VOBS Instructor who works out of Twin Cities Center, our urban base in St. Paul, Minnesota. Ruby joined the team in spring of 2019 and then instructed a Leadership Expedition in July. This particular Expedition was... READ MORE

The Pieh dock seems to always have some sort of an invitation. It’s a place of connection, dock-talks and wandering at the sky. It’s a relief for a mind’s whirl-wind at the end of a summer day, course planning, supporting,... READ MORE