Challenge Course Sites
Synergo is fortunate to partner with four incredible organizations to offer our challenge course programs in Portland and Ashland Oregon, and on Whidbey Island in Washington. By partnering with these courses we are able to offer unique and ideal program sites for each of our clients.
Oregon Episcopal School
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Among the woodlands, wetlands and wildlife of the hills of Southwest Portland lies the oldest Episcopal school west of the Rockies, Oregon Episcopal School. The school occupies a 59-acre campus offering a unique educational experience to Pre-K through 12th Grade students. OES is dedicated to an enriched academic environment of "learning by doing" incorporating cultural and outdoor experiences that strive to help each individual reach his or her fullest potential. Since 1994 Synergo has partnered with the Oregon Episcopal School in offering challenge course programs to youth and adults in Portland and the surrounding areas. The Challenge Course sits on the back corner of the property and includes a combination of high and low elements. This inviting location along with the challenge course provides visitors an unusual opportunity to be fully engaged in their relationship with nature, themselves, and their community while not being too far away from the city.
*some of the above information is from OES website.
YMCA Camp Collins
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YMCA Camp Collins, located in Gresham, Oregon, is a branch of the YMCA of Columbia-Willamette and was established in 1926. Camp Collins provides a wonderful retreat or meeting spot for any group or organization. The site is just a short drive from the center of Portland, on the banks of the Sandy River. Camp Collins offers a variety of unique lodging accommodations, indoor meeting spaces, fabulous meal service and acres of nature which makes this site the perfect location for a day, weekend or week retreat. For the past several years Synergo has partnered with YMCA Camp Collins in offering challenge course programs to youth and adults in Portland and the surrounding areas. In addition to challenge course programs Synergo has designed and built the camp's challenge course and holds their facilitator trainings at this camp in the spring and the fall each year. Being one of the largest challenge courses in the state, this inspiring and beautiful site has the perfect combination of challenge course elements, which allows a group of almost any size to engage in an experiential program that will create a lasting effect.
*some of the above information is from the Camp Collins website.
EarthTeach Forest Park
EarthTeach Forest Park is remarkably unlike any other environmental resource in Southern Oregon. The Park features 1,680 protected timber acres, a complete commitment to youth education, and community building through challenge course programs, outdoor adventuring, and nature conservation activities. EarthTeach is a place for people of all ages to connect with nature and themselves. These experiences are rare and special gifts with life-enriching potential. EarthTeach offers experiences that combine creativity with hiking, critical thinking with outdoor arts, decision-making with high ropes, and environmental awareness with a labyrinth walk. With learning that is physical, emotional, and spiritual, a unique, perhaps wilder and deeper, understanding of the natural world and oneself emerges. The Challenge Course at EarthTeach was built and is managed by Synergo. The course hosts a variety of groups in the spring, summer and fall. Groups use the course to learn about life transitions, team building, and leadership... all intent upon having fun while getting themselves "on the same page." Several programs for youth at risk and adjudicated teens have also tapped into the Park's challenge course curriculum and facilities to produce tremendously positive results.
*some of the above information is from the EarthTeach website.
The Whidbey Institute
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Synergo has recently partnered with the Whidbey Institute on Whidbey Island, Washington to manage and operate their challenge course. The Challenge Course at the Whidbey Institute is designed to service small intimate groups and also works well with larger group sizes that want to spend the day together on the course. The course has a combination of high and low elements and is set in a beautiful portion of forest on the property. The Whidbey Institute itself is a place for personal inquiry and inspiration dedicated to the transformation of heart, mind, and culture. The Institute is committed to the relationship between the natural and social world through the development of vital communities and the formation of courageous, creative, and competent leadership on behalf of the whole earth community. The Chinook Center of the Whidbey Institute is a conference and retreat center with overnight facilities and meal accommodations. Located on the Chinook lands three miles up the island from the Clinton ferry dock on Whidbey Island (about an hour north of Seattle), the Center includes 70-acres of meadows, gardens, wetlands, forest, and trails.
*some of the above information is from The Whidbey Institute website.
In addition to our four partner program sites, Synergo also offers challenge course programs at Tilikum Center for Retreats in Newberg, Oregon. Please contact our office directly to schedule a program at this site.
