With summer fast approaching, we’re looking to make the most of the rest of the 2025-2026 school year with exciting full day camp adventures and amazing after school projects!
If you haven’t had a chance to register for May after school programs, it’s not too late! Click the link below to register for May afterschool programs and special events.
The weather is warming up as summer quickly approaches. POE needs your explorer(s) to be prepared with the proper gear in order to provide a safe and fun experience for them each and every day. Remember…
We still ask that you equip your explorer(s) with weather-appropriate layers, and that all explorers have their own sunscreen. Optional sun-proof gear, such as hats and sunglasses, are also welcome! Speaking of sunglasses…
There are less than 50 days before the start of summer break, and the Portland Outdoor Explorers is preparing for its best summer yet! We’ll have all the beloved tried and true activities explorers have come to love and expect, as well as plenty of new activity, equipment, and field trips ahead! To learn more, you can visit our website, but if you’re ready to register then simply click the link below to register today!
Upcoming Events
On Friday, May 1st, we’ll have our first no-school day of the month, and are planning an exciting trip to a nearby skate park! Students are invited to bring their bicycles, skate boards, or roller blades along with them when they join us for camp, and ride them in a safe and monitored environment. Students uninterested or unable to ride one of these vehicles will still have plenty of options for an exciting and fulfilling day in the great outdoors from 8:30am to 5:30pm.
A properly fitting helmet will be REQUIRED in order for your explorer to ride their vehicle. No student who arrives without a helmet will be permitted to ride their vehicle or anyone else’s.
Other safety items such as elbow pads, knee pads, and wrist guards are not required, but are encouraged. This mini field trip will not impact our pickup and drop-off times, however, if you need to pick your explorer(s) up prior to 4:00pm, please reach out to our counselors make arrangements. Pickup and drop-off will still take place at Rose City Park at the corners of NE 62nd Ave and NE Thompson St.
Ready to register? Click the link below!
On Monday, May 25th, PPS will be taking the day off in observance of Memorial Day. Portland Outdoor Explorers will be hosting our full-day camp from 8:30am to 5:30pm at our usual location of Rose City Park. This will be the last PPS No-School Day before the end of the 2025-2026 school year, and we’re planning to make it a day worth remembering! Register today by clicking on the button below!
As with all our no-school day camps, we ask that all explorers come equipped with the following required gear:
- a backpack
- a hearty lunch
- snacks
- extra snacks
- a refillable water bottle
- weather-appropriate layers
- a change of clothes (just in case)
- shoes with closed toes and heels
On Friday, May 15th, we’ll be enjoying our next Guardians’ Night Off with the hit film, Lilo & Stitch! The explorers have been asking for this summery classic, and so we’ve chosen Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month to showcase this awesome movie. We’ll be serving Hawaiian-themed foods for our dinner, drinks, snacks, and desert.
GNO will be hosted at Rose City Park United Methodist Church from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.
As always, if your explorer has any dietary restriction, or if you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us at info@pdxoutdoorexplorers.com.
Ready to register? Click 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.
This business was created with the goal of making alterations and tailored pieces more openly available for fat, trans, and people of color.
All bodies are celebrated and deserve to have clothing that fits how we need! Whether you have sensory issues and need accommodation, have ideas on how to elevate your style but can’t find them anywhere, or just want an outfit that will fit into your wardrobe perfectly, Beau is your man.
He works hard to keep spreading the message that we as humans are deserving of joy through the art of fashion.
“Because you are loved, regardless.”
Follow the link below to take a look at Beau’s services and tell him POE sent you to coordinate exclusive discounts.
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.
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