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A WORD FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dear Friends:

2014 was an adventurous year at the Philadelphia Outward Bound School.

You may have met one of the 4,100 students who participated in one of our experiential education programs this past year. You may have spoken with one of our instructors who collectively delivered 9,191 student program days in 2014. Or, you may have seen us in the news during our annual Building Adventure event in mid-October where over 120 people rappelled 31 stories (418 feet) from the top of One Logan Square in Center City. The Philadelphia Outward Bound School is the “school” that inspires leadership and service to communities through single and multi-day outdoor experiences that change lives through challenge and discovery.

In truth, the Philadelphia Outward Bound School is not a traditional educational institution. We educate by “doing,” and our students find us through our many partnerships with schools and youth-serving organizations across the greater Philadelphia metropolitan region. Together, with these educational partners, we inspire more than 4,000 youth to be more than they thought they could be - and to graduate from high school, to finish college and to return home to make their world a better place. At the same time, we introduce these amazing young people to the wonder of natural places – rivers, valleys, winding trails, waterfalls, streams, night skies, snakes and bugs – we can’t forget the bugs!

We are a school for adults, too. We provided life-changing experiences for OEF/OIF veterans and corporate management teams. In September, we delivered the sixth consecutive teambuilding program for Leadership Philadelphia – more than 100 of Philadelphia’s future leaders representing corporate, civic and non-profit leadership!

Outward Bound students will tell you that we change their lives. For the students in Philadelphia’s public and charter schools who receive scholarship support to participate in single and multi-day courses, a changed life is a priceless investment.

At the Philadelphia Outward Bound School, we serve students of all ages and walks of life. We take pride in giving our students the chance to see and believe in their newly discovered capabilities and to envision a future well beyond what they ever dreamed possible.

As we reflect on 2014, we celebrate the support and leadership from our Board of Trustees, our friends, our donors and supporters, our students and parents, our teachers and youth leaders, our corporate partners, our community and region – and, we want to thank you – for joining us on the pathways of challenge and discovery.

Peace, love and chow!

Katie Newsom Pastuszek, Executive Director

POBS RESULTS IN 2014

Many POBS students participate in multi-day courses. EX. One student who goes on a 5-day course counts as five total program days served.

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ONE-DAY INSIGHT

PROGRAMS

CORPORATE TEAMBUILDING

PROGRAMS

LONG EXPEDITION

(8+ DAYS)

5751 55

SHORT EXPEDITION (

“Kurt Hahn once said, ‘Education must enable young people to effect what they have recognized to be right, despite hardships, despite dangers, despite inner skepticism, despite boredom, and despite mockery from the world.’

The maxims of Kurt Hahn have one thousand applications and the hundreds of men and women who devote their lives to teaching each of us how to fall, one at a time, are my personal heroes. Outward Bound has made me who I am today because I am not afraid... I am not afraid of what the future holds. I am not afraid to fall.”

Siduri Beckham POBS Alum & Student at Masterman High School

“Most students who have gone on expeditions have demonstrated remarkable improvement in grades, behavior, and leadership. In fact, many teachers have said to me ‘I can tell he/she is one of yours,’ meaning the student has participated in POBS.

POBS has helped EVERY single youngster we have sent them regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, and disability. This organization is instrumental in helping Philadelphia and the surrounding communities develop the leaders of tomorrow.

Our students would not have this wonderful opportunity without the Outward Bound partnership and the financial help they provide.”

John Kalicki Teacher at George Washington Carver High School

1,4804,007Times we climbed

this rock faceStudents served

in 2014

155,160Miles hiked as

a crew

87,127Nights spent in a tent

or under a tarp

1,329Meals cooked for

each other

75,000Pounds of loaded and

unloaded gear

PROGRAM IMPACT: INSPIRING LEADERS

PROGRAM RELATED STATISTICS

40

22

15

52

54

Public/charter schools served

Community partner organizations served

Private schools served

Teachers on Expeditions

Outward Bound Staff that Instructed Expeditions and/or Insight Programs

Abbot Downing

Academy at Palumbo

Aim High Academy

Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush HS

Benchmark School

Ben Franklin High School

Bodine High School

Boys Latin of Philadelphia

Brandywine Health Foundation

Build On - Philadelphia

Carver High School

Charter High School for Architecture & Design

Children Hospital Of Philadelphia-(CHOP)

Crefeld School

Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School

Dobson Elementary School

DuPont Hospital for Children

Education Works

ESF Summer Camps

First Philadelphia Charter School

Frankford High School

Fresh Start Church

Gerber Tours/KIPP AMP NY

Germantown High School

Green Planet

Green Woods Charter School

Hill Freedman High School

Hill Freedman Middle School

Independence Blue Cross

Independence Charter School

Jr. Flyers

Kensington Business High School

KIPP Philadelphia Charter School

Latin American Community Center

Lenfest Center

Lingelbach Elementary School

Martin Guitar

Martin Luther King High School

Masterman High School

Mastery Charter - CCP

Mastery Charter - Pickett Campus

Mastery Charter - Shoemaker Campus

Mayfair Elementary School

Need In Deed

New Foundation Charter School

Old First Reformed Church

Olney High School

Overbrook Educational Center

Parkway Northwest HS for Peace and SJ

PECO Energy

Philadelphia Learning Academy

Philips Academy Charter

Russell Byers Charter School

Rutgers Early Childhood

Scholar Academies

Schuylkill Headwaters Association

Souderton Area High School

South Philadelphia High School

Southwark Elementary School

Springside / Chestnut Hill Academy

Squash Smarts

St. Joseph’s University - Field Hockey

St. Joseph’s Preparatory School

Strawberry Mansion High School

Summer Search Philadelphia

Sunrise of Philadelphia

Swarthmore College/ Philip Evans Scholars

Teach For America - Delaware

Teach For America - Philadelphia

Teen UpRise

The Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush

The City School

The Haverford School

The Perkiomen School

The Shipley School

The U School

The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania

The Workshop School

Towamencin Soccer Club

Travis Manion Foundation

Uncommon Schools

University City High School

University of Pennsylvania Upward Bound Math & Science

Valley Forge Military Academy

Waldorf School of Philadelphia

WB Saul Agricultural HS

Wissahickon Charter School

Young Involved Philadelphia

Young Scholars Douglas

Young Scholars Kenderton Charter School

Young Scholars Marshall

OUR 2014 SCHOOL PARTNERS

THANKS TO OUR DONORS AND TRUSTEES (JANUARY 1, 2014 - DECEMBER 31, 2014)

DONORSA. Nony Mouse

Aberdeen Asset Management

AJ Parks

Ajay Patel

Alan Usher

Alexander Pastuszek

Alexandra Lapinsky

Alvy Kelly

Amy Opalek

Angela Duckworth

Ankur Garg

Anne Farnum-Messano

Anne Walters

Annemarie Plourde

Aqualia Foundation

Arthur Blank Family Foundation

Arthur Hall Insurance

Arthur Newbold

Arthur Spiegel

Betsy Polizzi

Blackney Hayes Architects

BNP Paribas

Brandywine Realty Trust

Brian Bark

Brian Edmonds

Brian Popelka

Capital One 360

Carl & Carroll Sheppard

Carol Mager

Carol Serena

Chassie Post

Chris & Juliana Merton

Christopher Mauro

Clarissa & Edgar Bronfman Jr. Foundation

Comcast Foundation

CoreNet Greater Philadelphia Chapter

Crw Graphics

David Starnes

Dawn Marino

Dennis Wallace

Dermody Properties Foundation

Diana Henzel

Diana Karff

Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation

Donyale Reavis

Drumcliff Foundation (Dan Gordon)

Eli Kahn

Elizabeth Napolitano

Ellis Trust

Eric Bernstein

Erika Feist

Ernst & Young

Eugene Pinto

Frances Ashley

George B. Lucas, Jr.

Gerald C. Obrien

Glenn T. & Tami Rieger

Goldberg Muth

Grabe Fund

Gregory Montanaro

Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Scholarship

Henry Kimsey

Hether Smith

Holly Kinser

Holly Link

Independence Blue Cross

Irish Pub Children’s Foundation

James Durling

James Kerrigan

Jane & Michael Steele

Jason Polun

Jason Santora

Jay Kopelson

JB & Winnie Doherty

Jean Newsom

Jeff Ciccanti

Jeff Harbison

Jeffrey Beachell

Jennifer Sammons

Jim Wylie

Joanne Olewine

Joe & Lynn Manko

John Addesso

John Antonucci

John Ball

John Brennan

John Danielsen

John Dicola

John J. Eager

John Lazarich Foundation

John Lundaten

John Muchmore

John Schultz

Joy Tartar

Judith Suto

Katch Campbell

Karen Civil

Katch Campbell

Katie Martin

Katrin Hillner

Keith Leaphart

Killer Kardio Class Future Fitness Afc

Laurie H. Babicki

Lee & Daney Klingenstein

Lee McIlvaine

Lillian Brown

Lindback Foundation

Lisa McKie

Liz Williams

Luis Garcia

Marilyn Hutton

Marjorie Wuestner

Mark Schweitzer

Marty Solomon

Mary E. Barlock

Mary Marett

Matt Handel

Mei Oneill

Melissa Frese

Mia Tinari

Michael Edmonds

Michael McDevitt

Michael Reese

Michele Heid

Mike Galgon

Mike Haile

Money Order

Nancy Goldenberg

Nat Stoddard

Nfi Contribution

Nick Carlino

Nicole Cashman

Noah Ostroff

Norbert Brown

OBUSA Scholarship Grant

Osborne Wright

Otto Haas Charitable Trust

Ounsworth-Fitzgerald Foundation

Pat Kind Family Foundation

Patricia Horton

Patricia Kaunitz

Patrick Coyne

Patrick McKenna

Paula Mandle

Peter & Suzette Hearn

Peter Bates

Peter Berg

Peter & Alta Hamilton

Point . Io

Rabinowitz Glass

Rex Russell

Richard Hoffman

Richard K. Calvery

Richard May

Richie Kochersperger

Robert Bodine

Roman McDonald

Ronald C. Weston

Russell Martin

Sean Frankel

Sean Schellenger

Shawn Gee

Shawn Leavitt

State Street

Stephen Tryon

Steve Davis

Subaru of America Foundation

Sue Ann McElroy

Sue Karr

Susan & Charles McIlvaine

Susan & Peter Wilmerding

Susquehanna Bank

The Barrist Family Foundation

The Lenfest Foundation

The Mill Spring Foundation

The Moyer Foundation

Theodozia Pastuszek

Theresa Pagana

Thomas Loder

Thomas Neff

Tim Sabol

Timothy Pagana

Todd Loudenslager

Tom Comitta

Tom Kilgore

Tom Post

Tom Spann

Tona Berruecos

Trish Faidiga

Triumph Group

United Way Of Greater Philadelphia & Southern NJ

Valley Green Bank

Veetsie & Tom Ryan

Vert Charitable Trust

Wanda Paul

Wells Fargo Foundation

Wendy Rosen

West Chester Rotary Club

Weston Family Foundation

Whole Foods Plymouth Meeting

Will Glassman

William & Virginia Burch

William King Charitable Foundation

William Penn Foundation

Youthadelphia

TRUSTEES

Jon Conant, Chair

Ed Ruggero , Vice Chair

Alexandra Lapinsky

Andrew Smith

Brian Bark

David Rahr

Ernie Tracy

Jack Stoddard

Jamie McLane

Jeff Mitzak

Jeremy Coote

John Bullen

Kip Wetzel

Lars Beck

Lauren O’Brien

Mark Haslam

Mike Stanley

Nancy Goldenberg

Patrick Nygren

Sharif El-Mekki

Sharon Barr

Tim Greenwood

Wendy McDevitt

BUILDING ADVENTUREOur annual fundraising event

55K

132

17M

2K

Feet rappelled

Participants

Media impressions

Attendees

THANKS TO OUR 2014 SPONSORS

PRESENTING SPONSOR

PEAK SPONSORS

EXPEDITION SPONSORS

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