In the Frederick News Post recently was an article about the annual reunion of the Outdoor School – teachers and students alike – who attended the week-long overnight version of the Outdoor School in Frederick County years ago. Here at ThorpeWood, we feel strongly that time spent outdoors surrounded by nature is an education unto Read More »
In Sunday’s Frederick News Post, there was an article about the Frederick County 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program and their need for volunteers. For those of you unfamiliar with this worthwhile program, it provides disabled children and adults an hour a week on the farm and in the saddle, actually riding the horse. The program requires Read More »
You remember in January, we filled you in on the exciting new partnership that had been formed between Head Start of Frederick County and ThorpeWood. This partnership will bring 400 3 to 5 year olds, served through the Head Start program, up to ThorpeWood over the course of eleven weeks this Spring, and again this Read More »
As you know, we are blessed to have a herd of Icelandic horses here at ThorpeWood. We use these horses for our Equine Assisted Learning program. Today, we thought it would be interesting to give you a glance into one of the many things we do regularly to provide for the care of these wonderful Read More »
We are so very excited to share with you the announcement of a fantastic new partnership between ThorpeWood and the Head Start program for Frederick County. Over the course of 11 weeks, with one week off for Easter, ThorpeWood will welcome over 1,300 youth – ages three and four – to come to ThorpeWood and Read More »
Happy New Year! Well, Happy Almost New Year! New Year’s Eve is always full of such promise. Here at ThorpeWood, we are working on our goals and resolutions for the upcoming year, and taking the time to have a thoughtful look back at the year that is ending. 2013 was a fantastic year for us! Read More »
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 »
We are so glad that the bad weather held off so that we could enjoy our Open House on Saturday. Thank you to everyone who came out, and a big thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make the evening such a success! There are still a few ornaments available for sale, so Read More »
For more information, please contact Kaili van Waveren, Executive Director
301.271.2823 • [email protected]
