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Purpose. People. Place.
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Greetings VOBS Friends,

Here we are, well into the first quarter of a new year!
Days are getting longer and we are busy enrolling summer and even fall students.

This month, the VOBS team is taking time to engage around our 2022 Annual Plan, and today, we are sharing these priorities and goals with you, The VOBS Crew.

If you're unfamiliar with an Annual Plan, think of it as a "road map" for VOBS. Most organizations create one each year. The VOBS Annual Plan lays out our shared organizational priorities and goals, and scopes a budget and strategy for doing the work, realizing the revenue, securing the funding and employing the people.

Why care about the VOBS Annual Plan?

The Plan helps VOBS enact our vision:

More compassionate and resilient leaders
For a more compassionate and resilient world

 
 

Our Annual Plan also helps VOBS keep our long term goals front and center.

Below we've outlined our big picture goals, which fall into into three key areas: Purpose, People and Place.

PURPOSE

We want our programs and workplace to be safe and create the best conditions for learning and leadership.

We want to work with more students, and serve a greater diversity of young leaders.

We want to advance Equity, Inclusion and Diversity in our programs and in our workplace.

PEOPLE

We want to recruit and retain more staff and more diverse staff.

We want to continue to improve staff support and compensation.

We want to continue to foster a culture of connection and community.

PLACE

We want to create a long term plan for sustainable and effective operations.

We want to improve the systems that support our students and staff.

We want to improve the facilities that support our students and staff.

 
 
The 2022 Plan is a product of collaboration across Leadership, Board, Staff and community. It represents an increasingly inclusive process to meet goals and develop work plans to pursue our mission and help grow more compassionate and resilient leaders for a more compassionate and resilient world.

The VOBS Leadership Team is responsible for steering the planning process and the Board of Trustees must approve the Plan and Budget. The Leadership Team and Executive Director are accountable to the goals outlined in the Plan, and the Plan is informed by all departments, and it, in turn, informs all of our shared work. The VOBS 2022 Plan is the beginning of information and accountability... but not the end.

Our Annual Plan can foster awareness in our workplace, and it can also help our community and crew understand where we want to go, and how we’ll get there. A solid Plan can show us why all work at VOBS is important work.

Better yet, when we have a collective sense of where we're headed, anyone – employee, Trustee, alumni, partner, donor – can ask important questions about the best way to get there. Sharing information can empower ourselves and others to participate in accountability, to contribute solutions to dilemmas, to recognize contributions and to grow ourselves, and VOBS… for a more compassionate and inclusive world.

Ready to engage?
We invite and welcome your feedback, questions and support.
Would you like to help VOBS enact our 2022 Annual Plan?
The VOBS 2022 Annual Plan reminds us that we are crew not passengers, and we are definitely better together. Thank you for joining this adventure! We couldn’t do it without you, The VOBS Crew.
Jack Lee
Executive Director
Voyageur Outward Bound School
 
You Are Needed

VOBS strives to serve every student, regardless of income. By making a donation today, you help make it possible for everyone to experience Outward Bound. Your donation helps young teens working on rebuilding their family relationships, veterans looking to find success beyond the military, and adults on the precipice of their next life stage. A gift to VOBS is just one way to demonstrate the lasting value of this experience. Thank you!
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