Many of these events have been held in conjunction with programming by Audubon Mid Atlantic, so participants could for example attend a bird walk in the morning and canoe or zipline in the afternoon.Ĭheck out this blog post about community use of The Discovery Center, and visit The Discovery Center website for more info and upcoming events. On select Saturdays each month we host community-focused programs at the Center - canoeing on the Reservoir in the summer, ziplining on the Challenge Course in the fall, and rock climbing in the Climbing Tower during the winter. The Discover Center and the CommunityĪ top priority for POBS has been to make The Discovery Center and its amenities accessible and welcoming. The Discovery Center’s indoor and outdoor classrooms, exhibitions, trails, aerial teams challenge course, climbing wall and observation decks engage participants from adjacent neighborhoods, the city, and across the region. Now open to the public, The Discovery Center is the headquarters for POBS and a Philadelphia-based education center for Audubon Pennsylvania. Youll venture through Philadelphias Old City, rich with historic sites and. Inspiration happened and, for the first time, Audubon and Outward Bound – internationally recognized thought leaders in environmental stewardship and experiential education – formed a unique non-profit joint venture to bring this idea for an experiential and environmental outdoor education center – The Discovery Center – to life. Discover Philadelphias hidden history with the Faith and Liberty Trail app. Audubon Pennsylvania attended that meeting and presented POBS with an option to consider the East Park Reservoir project – together. In January of 2009, POBS held a meeting to invite discussion about its search for a permanent home in the city. The Strawberry Mansion (formerly East Park) Reservoir It was time to find a permanent home base for the Philadelphia Outward Bound School.
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By 2008, POBS’ full time staff of 10 plus almost 30 seasonal field instructors were delivering programs to over 3,500 students – youth and adult. POBS’ planned to use Sedgeley Porter’s House as a base from which to grow.
In 2002, when the Philadelphia Outward Bound School (POBS) moved into the Sedgeley Porter’s House we had two full time staff and fewer than 250 students annually. What It Takes To Be An Outward Bound Instructor.Academic Credit + 529 College Savings Plans.Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award.New Jersey Youth Leadership Corps (NJYLC).Philadelphia Youth Leadership Corps (PYLC).
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