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
Chris Comodeca sent her daughter on a Voyageur Outward Bound School course over ten years ago. For her daughter, one course turned into three, and then turned into a professional rock climbing and photography career. Last month, Chris tried Outward... READ MORE
Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity… it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie Adrienne... 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
Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. – Anthony J. D’Angelo Bill Pullman was immersed in Outward Bound decades ago as an instructor in Australia. However, last month was the first time he... READ MORE
Nature Is The Teacher The fog is thick. I’m standing up high on Shovel Point, at Tettegouche State Park. The world’s largest lake is down below, but you’d never know it. What I can see is the top of a... READ MORE