OYSF’s Community Sailing Program offers sail and instructor job training to youth who otherwise would not have the opportunity to be on the water. At no cost to participants, this program gives teens the chance to experience the outdoors and the joy of sailing.
In 2023, OYSF partnered again with Wind & Oar Boat School to offer beginner sail training and boat building camps to 35 PDX teens at the Willamette Sailing Club. Over six weeks, students spent mornings building a wooden skiff with expert instructors, had lunch provided by OYSF, and then sailed with US Sailing- certified coaches. Additionally, another 125 students from local youth organizations sailed and paddled the Willamette River during custom events.
OYSF was also proud to sponsor six weeks of Thursday Night Community Sailing and potlucks for the residents of Cascade Locks, OR at the Columbia Gorge Racing Association as well as Monday Night Open Sails in Hood River run by high schoolers from the Gorge Sailing Team.
Check out lots of fun summer 2023 photos HERE
BIG THANKS TO OUR 2023 PARTNERS AND GRANTORS!
PARTNERS
African Youth Community Organization
Center for African Immigrants and Refugees
Coalition of Black Men
Fred Hampton Summer Camp Fulbright Program
Imagine Possibilities
iUrban Teen
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center
Ukrainian Foundation
Willamette Sailing Club
Wind & Oar Boat School
GRANTORS
Columbia Sportswear
Polar Seltzer
Portland Yacht Club Youth Sailing Scholarship Fund
Jackson Foundation
TK Foundation
US Sailing