Things are getting fired up!

There’s a lot going on in March this year, so grab your day calendars and a pen, because you’ll DEFINITELY want to write this down!

If you haven’t had a chance to register your explorer(s) for our March after school programs, now is an excellent time to do it. Click the button below to explore our registration options and only pay for the days you need!

It’s Warming Up!

We’ve been enjoying some beautiful days outside, lately, and hope to continue being able to do so. Ensuring your explorer(s) are equipped with the right gear helps make that happen! Remember…

We ask that explorers be prepared to face a rainy day (in case the weather turns on us suddenly), come to camp in weather-appropriate layers, and has water proof shoes.

Upcoming Events

Monday, March 2nd is a no-school day for Portland Public Schoolers.
Portland Outdoor Explorers will have an all day camp from 8:30am to 5:30pm. We’ll be setting up camp at Rose City Park on the corner of NE Thompson St and NE 62nd Ave.

Please note: the bathrooms at the park are still closed for the season and the water fountain is shut off. As explorers need to use the bathroom, we’ll be transporting them to our indoor location at Rose City Park United Methodist Church to use the facilities and refill water bottles. For this reason, if your explorer is attending but does not have permission to ride in our van, please reach out to us at info@pdxoutdoorexplorers.com to coordinate alternate plans and/or discuss a temporary/conditional transport plan.

If you’re interested in joining us for the full day camp, please click the button below to register today.

On Saturday, March 7th, POE with be an active vendor at the Homeschool and Alternative Education Resource Fair hosted by Knowledge Seekers Homeschool Collective.
The fair will be held in Youngson Hall at Rose City Park United Methodist Church from 10:00am to 1:00pm.
Come on down and check out what Knowledge Seekers has to offer!

On Saturday, March 14th, P.O.E. Will be celebrating our fourth year in operation with our annual fundraiser!

This year, we’ll be offering an open house style event designed to give explorers and guardians an idea of what our 100% child-led program looks like. Come play our board games, read our books, make art, dress up, build forts, or just hang out with our stuffies!

This event will take place in our indoor space, The Mossy Rock (aka room 8 just outside Youngson Hall).

We have so many new and exciting items for our annual silent auction as well this year, including returning favorites such as boffers (this time they’re DOUBLE-SIDED!), a 4 hour session of D&D to be scheduled within the calendar year, a free Guardians’ Night Off and more! This year, however, we’ve added new items such as a completely personalized crochet creature that you and/or your explorer can dictate to our staff, and have made 100% unique and just for you! There’s also a night of babysitting (separate from the GNO coupon), and…

Best of all, we have generously donated gifts from other members of our great NE Neighborhood, such as a discounted massage from bodyworks expert and owner and operator of Cosmos Collective, Andi Gherard.

There’s tons more happening at this event, but if we told you everything now, then there wouldn’t be anything left to surprise you with.

We hope to see you on Saturday the 14th to help us celebrate everything we’ve done and everything we still have to do!

You can’t keep a good movie down! This Friday, March 20th is our next Guardians’ Night Off, featuring the highly requested film: The Princess Bride.
We’ll have a special meal planned along with snacks, drinks, and games.
Stuffies, blankets, pillows, and pajamas are are welcome!
If your explorer(s) have any dietary restrictions and/or allergies, please reach out to us at info@pdxoutdoorexplorers.com and don’t forget to register at the link below.

Community Engagement

Portland Outdoor Explorers is collaborating with Everybody’s Bodyworks to offer an exclusive discount for the friends and family of POE. Andi Gherard specializes in massage therapy for injury recovery, chronic pain, and relaxation in this hectic world.
They provide gender affirming care and trauma informed massage for all healing bodies.
They offer a fat positive and body neutral space for people to show up however they are. Each treatment is designed specially to meet your needs whatever your goals are.
The treatment space offers gender neutral bathrooms.
Andi believes in giving immunocompromised people access to care and providing a safe relaxing session for all.

Book with Andi today and use discount code “POE” at check out to take advantage of this exclusive discount today.

As one of our initiatives to help the environment, Portland Outdoor Explorers is working with BottleDrop Give to reduce, reuse, and recycle bottles and cans. Every donation goes to helping us maintain the gear we use to provide excellent outdoor education to our students. To learn more and donate your BottleDrop funds to POE, click the link below.

Are you a small business owner?

If you are a small business owner or manager of a non-profit in NE Portland, we’d love to connect with you! POE is dedicated to cultivating community through mutual aid and collaboration to give each other the boost we all need. Whether it’s being certain you know your rights, know where to find the best/closest food bank, or want to reach a wider client base to teach, sell, trade, and grow, POE wants to hear from you.
Email us at info@pdxoutdoorexplorers with subject line “NE Community” to open a dialogue and see what can happen when we all work together.