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Camp Odyssey 1991

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.    

Martin Luther King, Jr

Alumni Group Meeting 2010

707 NE Couch St., Portland, OR 97232

503.233.6090

info@NWCampOdyssey.org

Oregon Solutions Team

In December 2010, then-Governor Ted Kulongoski, designated Camp Odyssey as an OregonSolutions project. Governor John Kitzhaber affirmed his support of the value of Camp Odyssey in Oregon and maintained the designation following his inauguration. Camp Odyssey is the first and currently, only youth development project that Oregon Solutions has adopted. He appointed former State Senator Margaret Carter and Tom Fuller of Shiels Obletz Johnson, Inc., as co-conveners to carry the project forward. A total of 20 community leaders and youth advisors, convened over a planning process designed to enlist key stakeholders from the community and secure multi-year collaborations with organizations across Oregon. 
The purpose of the Oregon Solutions Team was to build a sustainable funding model and infrastructure for the Piece. To this end, the Oregon Solutions Team sought to achieve the following objectives:
  1. Secure a stable, permanent venue for the camp that provides a safe, conducive environment that would be supportive of the work and goals of the Camp Odyssey program.
  2. Create a system of youth recruitment that would ensure camper enrollment to meet the demographic targets and diversity formula necessary for a vibrant and effective Camp Odyssey program.
  3. Developed a neutrally administered evaluation system to track for the next three years the impact of the Camp, its programming, and areas needed for improvement in order to address how success will be measured for the program.
  4. Development of a business plan which would detail a governance model for board recruitment and development, financial stability and infrastructure to sustain camp over time.
The kick off meeting for the Oregon Solutions team was held in June 2011. The entire group met 6 times over the next 10 months with subcommittees devoting extensive work in between meetings to accomplish targeted objectives. The culmination of their work was marked with a celebration ceremony at the Capital in the Governor’s Office on March 28, 2012. Oregon Solutions commits to reconvening the project team in December 2012 or January 2013 to follow up on progress made both by the program and by stakeholder groups who had committed their support to Camp Odyssey as part of this process.
OREGON SOLUTIONS TEAM

Margaret Carter, Co-convener
Deputy Director for Human Service Programs

Tom Fuller, Co-convener Shiels Obletz Johnsen, Inc.

Brad Earl
Chief Financial Officer Medford School District 549c

Jane Gordon
Associate Dean, Student & Program Affairs Director, ADR Center
University of Oregon

Kellie Holloway
Physical Therapist, Intern

Adrienne Livingston
Executive Director, Black United Fund of Oregon

Shannon Myrick, PhD Oregon Youth Authority

Tom Nelson, Oregon Solutions Reed College Consultant/Facilitator/Career Coach

Fariborz Pakseresht
Director, Oregon Youth Authority

William Raw
Oregon Episcopal School

Paul Slyman
Director, Parks & Environmental Services Metro

Bob Speltz
Director, Public Affairs The Standard

Jacqueline Nguyen
Student, Clackamas High School

David Forquer
Student, OR Foster Youth Connection

Mayaan Agam
Student, Beaverton High School

William Kerney
Student Franklin High School

Carly Redwine
Student, South Eugene High School


OREGON SOLUTIONS STAFF

Laurel Singer- Project manager
Health, Human Services & Training Program Manager Oregon

Consensus
National Policy Consensus Center

Hector Roche- Project Manager Oregon Consensus
National Policy Consensus Center

Emily Rome, Student Intern Oregon Solutions
Portland State University 
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