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Credentials

  • NWSA was founded in 1994 and partners with more than 130 schools, community-based organizations and government agencies to address significant environmental issues in the Pacific Northwest.
  • All PEEPs counselors are NWSA AmeriCorps members who serve throughout Oregon and southwest Washington.
  • Counselors are college educated or working toward their degree.
  • Counselors are CPR and First Aid certified by the American Red Cross.
  • All PEEPs counselors have been screened by ESD 112 and cleared through a federal background check.
  • All PEEPs drivers are trained in defensive driving by certified specialists.
  • A member of PEEPs staff will be a certified Wilderness First Responder for all field excursions and overnights. 

PEEPs is proud to provide individual attention to all campers in a group setting with our 1:6 counselor-to-camper ratio.

Updated April 21 at 4:40 PM

PEEPs
Portland Environmental
Engagement Program

Lower Columbia Center
Northwest Service Academy
55 SE Main St.
Portland, OR. 97214
503-234-2383