Westwind Blog
Our Wish Lists are Here!
Interested in supporting our summer program or our site but unsure how? Purchasing items from our wish lists is a direct, easy, and impactful way to contribute to Westwind! Program Wish List Magical summer camp experiences take an awesome group of campers, amazing staff, and program supplies. You can help Westwind run our summer camps…
Camp Shirt Contest
We need your help designing the 2026 Camp Westwind shirt! Break out your pens, pencils, and sketchbook, think about what Westwind means to you, and get drawing. Your design could be sold in our camp store and worn along our sandy shores all summer long. This shirt will be sold throughout the year and will…
2026 Teen Applications Are Open!
Teen Leadership 2 – Sessions 4&5 (must be available for both) This two-week program is an incredible opportunity to enhance and develop self-confidence, self-awareness, communication skills, tolerance for adversity, and a personal leadership style. Must be 16 years of age. It is recommended you have completed Teen Leadership 1. This progressive program provides opportunities for…
Loss of ODS Funding Hurts Westwind
Westwind and Oregon Outdoor School Need Your Help As soon as Summer 2025 ended, Westwind began preparing for Summer 2026. One of the thorniest issues each year is pricing. It is difficult to predict how the economy and our expenses will change. One of the ways we keep our camp and program prices from skyrocketing…
About Westwind
Westwind is a 529-acre independent non-profit camp, learning space, and wilderness area set in the middle of the 10,000+ acre Cascade Head UN Biosphere Reserve in Oregon. In addition to operating its traditional summer “Camp Westwind,” Westwind hosts Outdoor School in the spring and fall, rentals on available weekends, and various workshops, events and volunteer programs throughout the year.
Westwind will always welcome people to these wild shores and green hills to discover that caring for the land is caring for ourselves and our communities.
