Westwind Blog
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…
Taking Westwind on the road
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…
SSC Work Weekend
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…
Celebrating the amazing year of 2024 rentals
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…
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.
