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May 5, 2025

Celebrating Community Support with Les Schwab Tire Donation & Summer Funding

We’re excited to have been selected as a participant in Les Schwab’s new Tires for Purpose program and to have received a new set of tires for our 15-passenger Ford! This van is used for our mountain bike program, no school day camps, summer camps, and our winter programs. With new all-weather tires, we areContinue reading “Celebrating Community Support with Les Schwab Tire Donation & Summer Funding”

March 4, 2025

Finding the Rhythm- Camp Chica Brings a Latin Beat to Meissner Nordic Trails

Nordic skiing is one of the most accessible and rewarding winter activities in Bend, with miles of trails and multiple snow parks to explore. Glide along Meissner’s gentle slopes, and you’ll find skiers soaking up the winter sun, sharing big smiles on the trail—and, occasionally, moving to the beat of something unexpected. Reggaeton? Salsa? Merengue?Continue reading “Finding the Rhythm- Camp Chica Brings a Latin Beat to Meissner Nordic Trails”

March 12, 2024

Camp Chica featured in Legacy Magazine

The National Association of Interpreters (NAI) is a professional organization dedicated to advancing the profession of natural and cultural heritage interpretation. We were honored to be invited to co-author a story for the March/ April 2024 digital issue Women and Femmes in Interpretation. We wrote about creating a Central Oregon version of Lotería in partnership withContinue reading “Camp Chica featured in Legacy Magazine”

January 26, 2024

¡Todos para afuera!

As an alum of Pacific University, Wesley Heredia of Vámonos Outside was featured in their alumni news. He shared his experience in his role in making the outdoors accessible to everyone.

January 23, 2024

Bend Magazine Feature

Vamonos Outside was featured in the 2023 November- December issue in an article written by Kacey Yanna. Read it here: Vamonos Outside_mentoring Latinx youth to connect in the outdoors/bendmagazine_novemberdecember_2023

October 1, 2023

Camp Chica joins Vámonos Outside

We are very excited to share this news: https://childrensforestco.org/camp-chica-joins-vamonos-outside-and-the-childrens-forest/

July 30, 2023

Green Jobs Internship program in Bend Bulletin

In Summer 2023 Vamonos Outside hosted several interns to support programs such as Camp Chica, Aguas Frescas, and learn marketing skills. Read more about the program and the experiences of youth featured in the Bend Bulletin article here: https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/local-high-school-interns-help-environmental-and-outdoor-programs-this-summer-through-the-green-jobs/article_6b8516ee-2d6f-11ee-ab7d-d3ad05838587.html

March 16, 2022

Every Kid Plays

How to fill out Every Kid Sports form Go to this site:https://everykidsports.org/every-kid-sports-pass/apply/

March 16, 2022

2022 Tierra Adventuras

SIGN UP HERE What: Vamonos Outside is partnering with Cogwild to host a learn to mountain bike program specifically for Latinx/BIPOC teenagers from local high schools located in Bend. VO believes that Latinx/BIPOC youth in this community deserve the opportunity to thrive to be their best selves. We at Vamonos Outside want to get bipocContinue reading “2022 Tierra Adventuras”

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