Posts by Westwind
National I Love Camp Day!
February 1, 2017 is national “I Love Camp” day and Camp Westwind needs your submissions! Want a chance to win a 2017 Camp Westwind sweatshirt? You know, the funky, super fun ones exclusive to Westwind? Then send Westwind a picture of you, your family and/or your friends holding a sign that says, “I love camp”…
Read MoreLinfield College and Stewardship at Westwind
2017 at Westwind is off to a bustling and beautiful start. While January has seen plenty of rain, snow, and high winds mixed with gorgeous, sunny, bone chilling days, 14 students from Linfield College have been taking full advantage of what Westwind has to offer. The students are participating in “January Term” and getting…
Read MoreS.O.S! Westwind Needs Your Help!
Westwind Needs Help! As you can tell from our drawing, Westwind needs some help with graphic design! Can you take our ideas and add designs to them? Westwind puts out print materials, t-shirt designs, special event promos and more and we really would like help to make them look beautiful and professional. Can You Help?…
Read MoreGive!Guide Update
Friends, Because of you, Westwind made $7,458.00 during our participation in the 2016 Willamette Week’s Give Guide! Your generosity will benefit communities across Oregon and allow us to give the gift to camp to many lucky youth and families during the upcoming 2017 summer season. Pictured is Matt Gross, SHINE Site Supervisor, posing with three…
Read MoreHappy New Year from Westwind
End of Year Success for Camperships! Westwind warmly wishes everyone a Happy New Year and a big thank you for supporting Westwind’s Year End appeal for Camperships. We surpassed both our year-end fundraising targets ($5,000 through the Give!Guide and $20,000 total) with over 100 donations totalling $25,022 (with $6,408 coming through the Give!Guide). From these funds and…
Read MoreMy Joy and Home is By the Ocean
It’s New Years Eve and we here at Westwind are excited to welcome in 2017. While there are a lot of new things on the horizon for Westwind, a new deck, new solar panel, new partnerships and so much more, we are continuing to celebrate the 80 years of joy that we have been bringing…
Read MoreTaking a piece Westwind home
Westwind is fortunate to have international staff each summer that enhance our program, bringing global perspective to our community and adding a depth that most of use don’t have in our every day lives. Bernadette “Beats” Corpuz came to Westwind last summer from Australia and took on Westwind head on. Westwind. Joy. …
Read MoreWestwind, a place of diversity, global learning and great influence!
Kate “Peep” Romanggi shares how Westwind has influenced her journey as a camper and staff to reach out to a great community and share that joy through teaching. “I know I am not alone in saying this- Westwind has changed my life. Who knew a camp full of wildlife and miles of forestland, tucked between…
Read MoreWestwind, exploration and pure joy
Campers, staff and alumni have been asked to share how Westwind has brought them joy and encouraged them to share that joy in the world. The following is from Keiler “Pippin” Beers: Westwind forever changed the trajectory of my life. For more than three summers, I was able to wake up every day in a…
Read MoreWestwind, the most incredible journey of my life
Campers, staff and alumni have been asked to share how Westwind has brought them joy and encouraged them to share that joy in the world. The following is from Amanda “Fiji” Johnston. “Westwind has taught me that joy is worth the risk. When I first came to camp at the age of 9, I…
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