News

Let’s look back at an amazing month of Spring Camps! We kicked off March with Spring Stewardship Weekend. A group of amazing volunteers helped us break Westwind out of its winter slumber and prepare for programs and rental guests. Next, we held our third annual Spring Friends and Family Camp, welcoming over twenty families to…

This week marks the first week of the Spring Outdoor School season. We are so excited to be working with MESD Outdoor School (ODS) again. For the week, ODS takes the classroom outdoors, where sixth-grade students from Multnomah-area schools spend the week learning among the forests and beaches of Westwind. What is outdoor school? The…

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…

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…

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…

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…

This week, our Site Manager Brian travels to Camp Allen, Texas to present at the UMCRM National Camp & Retreat Leaders’ Gathering. He is teaming up with fellow Site Manager Burt (aka Puck) from Camp Namanu to present on our site-based partnerships. They are sharing how other camps nationwide can develop volunteer-based partnerships to teach…

Weekend wrap-up Over MLK weekend, almost twenty carpentry and construction students from Sabin-Schellenberg Professional Technical Center (SSC) were hard at work at Westwind. Students worked on three concurrent projects to improve our cabins. Students began siding work on the interior of Alan-a-dale. Working as a team they measured, cut, and installed custom-cut wood paneling that…

By the numbers In 2024, we welcomed 58 rental groups! That’s more than one per week and over 2000 people from 58 different organizations, schools, and groups. Thirty-three of those rentals were mission-aligned non-profits! Rentals brought children, families, individuals, and groups to Westwind from our coastal community, the Willamette Valley, and beyond. These rental groups…

Applications for Westwind Summer Camp Staff are open! Apply today for a once-in-a-lifetime experience to be a leader, a rolemodel, and work along the beautiful Oregon coast! Application for all positions are available and we have positions for ages 17 and up! Why should you work at summer camp? Working at Westwind is a rewarding…