We serve teens and adults ages 12 and up with diverse abilities! It is our goal to make camp as accessible as possible to campers who are not typically afforded the opportunity to attend overnight camps. Our campers are diverse in ability, ethnicity, language, cultural background, religion, and more but all are created uniquely and purposely and are worthy of love and caring service!

Currently we provide 12+ weeks of camp programs during the summer months and limited off season day camps and celebrations. We also offer small camper retreats on an as needed basis throughout the fall, winter, and spring to interested campers.

We seek to offer individualized support to meet the specific needs of each camper who comes to share life with us. We are well suited to support campers who need assistance with ADLs such as toileting, showering, mealtime support, dressing, etc. We seek to provide social support whenever possible to foster healthy relationships within our community. Furthermore, we have a nurse and recreational therapist on staff allowing us to care for most medical needs and can adapt almost any activity to fit the abilities of each camper!

Though we are constantly working to find new ways to incorporate all people into our programming we still have some limitations. Please contact camp@upwardboundcamp.org for more information on any of the following as we would like to work with you to get your camper involved in programming if possible!

Medical: We are unable to support campers who require IV medications, diabetic campers unable to check their own blood sugar levels and administer their own insulin, or campers using feeding tubes.

Behavioral: To create a safe environment for all staff and campers, we may not be able to support campers who have shown abusive/injurious behaviors to themselves and/or others in the past 6 months.

Facilities: Due to the loss of many of our buildings in the 2020 fire we are currently unable to support campers who use powered wheelchairs and/or hoyer style lifts to transfer. We ARE able to support campers who can use manual wheelchairs and are able to bear some weight in a manpowered lift/transfer.

                **If you are interested in a retreat during the fall, winter, or spring we are currently only able to serve campers who can ambulate independently or with the support of a cane or walker due to the structure of the camp house.

Please reach out to our Program Director, Emily Lovell (aka, Noodle) she is happy to chat with you!

email: emily@upwardboundcamp.org

Phone: 503.987.0860

Our State Provider ID # is 103669. We are licensed under community living supports to provide relief care through service code OR507.

We have been operating since 1978 and have been licensed since 2014 to provide services to campers with diverse abilities!