Greetings VOBS Friends,  As I write this, our team is preparing for a summer like no other.  VOBS is preparing for a summer without students. The global Coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented, and so is our decision to suspend programming for... READ MORE

It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’We are not now that strength which in old... READ MORE

Greetings VOBS Friends, I hope you enjoyed Mother’s Day last weekend.  Some friends and colleagues were fortunate enough to enjoy some social-distance visiting with their moms. Others had to settle for a phone call or virtual visit. Some spent the... READ MORE

Greetings VOBS Friends, It’s Give MN week here in Minnesota. Throughout the North Star state, people like you are answering the call and helping out organizations that strive to serve.  We all know that the most vulnerable Minnesotans stand to lose the... READ MORE

Derek Pritchard: "The world can manage without Outward Bound. What it cannot manage without are people who are imbued by similar principles, the greatest of which is compassion."... READ MORE

Dear VOBS Friends, Take a look at the picture above. That’s our staff on the deck of the Pieh up at Homeplace at last year’s All Staff Orientation (also known as “ASO,” and yes, some folks are indeed wearing pajamas–... READ MORE

Brand new VOBS alum, Kirsten Bunch, recently reached out to VOBS to share her Outward Bound story. Kirsten’s reflection and her gratitude are a balm for our resilient instructors, who patiently await the start of a COVID-delayed program season. Kirsten... READ MORE

Dear VOBS Friends, As I write this, I am thinking of all the people around the globe who are impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic in one way or another. Most people have either said it, or thought it, but these... READ MORE

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee. This Rembrandt painting was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum thirty years ago this week. It depicts Christ and the Twelve Apostles in a tiny boat, on a raging sea.  The storm... READ MORE

Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. – Golda Meir Savannah and Sam each had the opportunity to go Outward Bound as young teens. Now, more than ten years later,... READ MORE