Virginia Outdoor Adventure (VOA) is a non-profit organization focused on providing opportunities for the youth in our community to experience the outdoors. VOA’s beginning was the idea of Kelly and Linda Thorp through their experience working with youth through Scouts and other youth groups. In 2015, Linda and Kelly organized a weeklong sailing trip for a group of young people (14 – 17 years old) on the lower Chesapeake Bay. This was such a successful trip that they organized another sailing trip in 2017 on the Pamlico Sound in North Carolina.

Since the formation of VOA in 2017, we have provided low to no cost outdoor adventure trips including sailing in the US Virgin Islands (St. Thomas and St. Johns), multiple sailing trips to the Bahamas and canoe camping trips on the James River in central Virginia.