Westwind Blog
Third Annual Earth Day Celebration
It’s that time of year again. The sun is staying longer, the first buds and shoots are starting to poke out of the ground, and the squirrels, birds, and bugs are shaking off their winter slumber. Spring is right around the corner and that means it’s almost time to celebrate Earth Day at Westwind! Earth…
2025 ACA National Conference
Last month, our Camp Director Denali and Assistant Camp Director Jupiter traveled to Texas for the 2025 American Camp Association (ACA) National Conference. This week-long event was a chance for Westwind to connect with other camp professionals, share the incredible work that we are doing, and prepare for another amazing summer. Being part of the…
Camp Shirt Contest
We need your help designing the 2025 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…
Setting the standard for summer camp
Did you know that Westwind is an ACA-accredited summer camp? ACA stands for the American Camp Association. It is a national non-profit focused on ensuring a standard of care and quality of experience at camps across the country. ACA supports camps of all sizes and program types. It advocates on their behalf and provides an…
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.
