our Partnership model
Outside Perspectives takes an innovative approach to getting more kids outside on transformative outdoor experiences. Rather than recruiting individuals for programming, we use a Partnership Model to build long-standing partnerships with other youth development organizations, schools, and teams in the community.
MORE ON OUR PARTNERSHIP MODEL
Building a partnership with Outside Perspectives means you are opening the door to a journey that uses the transformative power of our wilderness-based programming on a Rite-of-Passage framework.
We collaborate closely with organizations to design a journey that's not just an event but a meaningful progression, ensuring every adventure is part of a larger narrative of growth.
We work with our partners to ensure that our programming is free of any cost to our participants and their families.
OUR PARTNERS
Youth Excellence Project (YEP) is a local volunteer-run program that engages male teens in hiking and outdoor recreation with goals to promote health and build resilience in the face of life challenges. YEP and OP have been partners since the beginning and are excited to announce an even more intensive collaboration soon! Stay tuned!
Charter Oak Boxing Academy is a comprehensive youth development program that uses a holistic approach that centers on amateur boxing and is supported by tutoring, mentoring, prevention education and life skills training. This will be our sixth season partnering with COBA, who have become more like family with each passing year.
Impact Academy is a CREC magnet school program built on positive youth development. It was created in the Fall of 2017 for current CREC high school students who were not finding success in the traditional school setting. We began our partnership with Impact in 2023 and look forward to growing our impact at IMPACT this year!
REACT stands for Reality Even Affects Clinton Teens, and is a drug-free, youth leadership club for Clinton residents in grades 6-12. Our partnership began in 2021 and has blossomed quickly over the past year! We have been on several overnights and expeditions are look forward to many more!
2023 video coming soon!
Central City Boxing & Barbell, Inc is a non-profit organization located in Springfield, MA that is dedicated to serving local youth through structured programs in the arts of Boxing and Powerlifting. We began our partnership in 2021 and have brought two crews out on our 4-Day Classic Expedition each summer since then!
Boys & Girls Club of Bristol (BBGC) partnered with OP to support them in their mission to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us the most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens. BBGC sent their first crew out on an expedition in the summer of 2021 and we are in the planning phase for more adventures in 2023!
Bristol Youth Services is a community-based social service bureau caring for the well-being of the city’s youth through advocacy, resource development and coordination of comprehensive service delivery systems to strengthen the healthy functioning of youth and their families and provide opportunities for youth to act as responsible members of the community. BYS partnered with OP for the first time this year (2022) and are ready and excited to continue this partnership into 2023!
East Hartford Works! is a new and improved local initiative that focuses on assisting the community with workforce and economic development. The initiative's goals are to assist residents with career development and educational resources and to foster community engagement.
Enfield Together Coalition is a great place to be involved and have an impact on the Enfield community. They sponsor events and coordinate information sessions. Not only does our coalition have a youth council, but they have other great opportunities to understand the impact substances, technology, and other influences have on today’s youth.
The Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) program at UHART is an exclusive leadership development, resilience coaching, and career readiness program for undergraduate women. Designed to respond to the unique opportunities and challenges of female students at each stage of their undergraduate experience, LEAD provides students with the tools, training, and community to successfully navigate the journey to and through college to life and careers.
Boost is an innovative after-school initiative spearheaded by Bridge to Success in Waterbury, CT. With its roots deeply embedded in the community school framework, Boost is more than an after-school program. It's a beacon of holistic development, providing a diverse range of resources that cater to the academic, social, and emotional needs of our youth. We kicked-off our 10-week pilot program in March and look forward to growing this partnership with Boost and Waterbury Public Schools!
Video to come!
The Bridge has served West Hartford as its Youth Service Bureau for four decades. They offer school-based programs, emergency in-school counseling response, positive youth development programs, mentoring, parenting services, and the West Hartford Teen Center. We took a group of teens out for their first OP Expedition in August of 2023!
The Glenholme School is an independent, co-educational special needs boarding and day school for young people, ages ten to twenty one in middle school, high school, postgraduate, transitional living for career development. We partnered with their transition living program for the second year in 2022 for another overnight camping and canoeing trip that was a major success!
Shepaug Valley School is a public school for grades 6-12 located in Washington, CT. We partnered with Shepaug in 2018 for a team building day, and again in 2019 for a rock climbing day, and then were thrilled to run a Challenge Course day with them in the fall of 2021. We collaborated to make a full Team Building Day focused on Leadership Development this year and we look forward to continuing to grow our partnership in the coming years!
A non-profit dedicated to achieving the vision and dreams of Nathan "Chewy" Bliss. We have partnered with Expedition.Life. since the beginning to help OP fund programming for kids who need it most.