Category: Meetings

Things That Make Frederick the Best

It seems like Frederick has appeared on a lot of “Best Places” lists over the past few years.  Recently, it made Movoto’s list of the 10 Best Counties in America, and if you live here or have ever visited, you certainly know why.  Frederick county is a perfect blend of small town atmosphere with big Read More »

Woman to Woman Mentoring

ThorpeWood was recently the site of the graduation celebration for the Woman to Woman Mentoring program.  We have hosted this dinner and ceremony before, and it is always a wonderful experience!  We were honored to welcome this fantastic group back to celebrate another graduating class of mentees. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Read More »

A Girl Scout Campout

We had the nicest group come and use our lovely grounds as the site for their spring campout this past weekend!  Girl Scout Troop 2330 from Mount Airy came up to ThorpeWood to spend some quality time in nature, and it was so fantastic having them on the property.  There is something so special about Read More »

Repeat Visitors

Numerous regional businesses and non-profits benefit from time spent at the Lodge, hosting meetings and retreats, and from having access to our spectacular grounds.  Today, we wanted to focus a bit on one of these repeat visitors, Immersion Active, and find out what has made their time at ThorpeWood so special that it has warranted Read More »

A Drainage Issue that Led to a Beautiful New Space

So often in life, problems or issues arise that demand an immediate solution …and as we set out to tackle the problem with the determination to possess a larger view of the circumstance – the problem begins to look more like a challenge and an opportunity.  This approach so often results in unexpected good, that Read More »

A New Chapter for Canapes

As many of you know, and have deliciously benefited from over the past few years, Canapés is the exclusive caterer of ThorpeWood.  In fact, Canapés has operated out of ThorpeWood’s kitchen for the past seven years – a relationship and set of circumstances that have been very advantageous to both Canapés and ThorpeWood, apart from Read More »

End of Year Giving

Well, it’s that time of year again.  The time when we all think about our end of year annual charitable giving   You all remember that we had a Goodwill donation box at our Open House, right?  Well, the box is actually still at the Lodge if you have any items you would like to Read More »

A Fall Retreat at ThorpeWood

At the beginning of September, ThorpeWood was the site of the annual Frederick Community College Student Government Association’s Fall retreat.  For the past several years, students, faculty and staff from the college have come up to ThorpeWood to host a day-long session of brainstorming, workshops, goal setting, and strategic planning – and there is no Read More »