Outward Bound: Changing Lives | Building Teams | Transforming Schools

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Try backpacking, canoeing, sailing and more! Participants of all ages choose from over 750 wilderness courses around the nation, from 4 days to 3 months.

Try backpacking, canoeing, sailing and more! Participants of all ages choose from over 750 wilderness courses around the nation, from 4 days to 3 months.

Helping schools become places where all are challenged and supported to achieve their best, and where academics, community and character all count.

Helping schools become places where all are challenged and supported to achieve their best, and where academics, community and character all count.

Team and leadership development for organizations designed to increase productivity and build organizational alignment around mission, vision and values.

Team and leadership development for organizations designed to increase productivity and build organizational alignment around mission, vision and values.

We bring challenge and growth to urban youth through programs that impact the community by partnering with community-based organizations.

We bring challenge and growth to urban youth through programs that impact the community by partnering with community-based organizations.

Outward Bound Discovery, formally known as Outreach, provides specialized programming for at-risk and adjudcated youth.

Outward Bound Discovery, formally known as Outreach, provides specialized programming for at-risk and adjudcated youth.

Special Events

Featured Event: Connecticut Council Bonfire and Reunion, November 2, 2008

Join us in celebrating the 2008 Outward Bound Youth Leadership Corps Scholarship recipients at our annual bonfire and reunion! Click here for more information.
Reconnect with Fellow Alumni...

through social events, service projects and special courses in your area.

Get Involved

- Attend the 2008 National Dinner in New York City!
  
  Purchase tickets online for the event on October 23, 2008, or call (718) 943-1245 to reserve your tickets today.
  
  Kurt Hahn Award recipients have been announced!

Support Outward Bound

The 2007 Annual Report is now available.

Click here to view and download the online PDF.

Your donations help support Outward Bound scholarship students and programs.
- Our mission is to inspire character development and self-discovery in people of all ages and walks of life through challenge and adventure, and to impel them to achieve more than they ever thought possible, to show compassion for others and to actively engage in creating a better world.
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- Testimonials
  
  "I still think of my Outward Bound experience every day. It was probably the single most important thing that I have ever done ..."
  
  – Derek Bellomo, Outward Bound Wilderness Alum
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