Category: Youth Programs

Sept ’23: Week 4: CAC Recovery Fair, Umbrella Project, Camp Jamie and JHU!

September 21-28: We hosted Johns Hopkins University Applied Sustainabilities students under the care of Professor Paul Kazyak. This group stayed over in our homestead house for eight days. During this time, they were going on all sorts of educational field trips, learning about green building, pervious pavements, landfills, solar energy, composting, Leave No Trace, and Read More »

August ’23 Week 3: ABH, MMS, Road Clean Up, and Our New Intern!

In this third week of August… August 21st: In our lodge, Middletown Middle School had a 90-person staff training, complete with guest speakers, full group activities, and department meetings. Meanwhile on the farm, Advanced Behavioral Health made wildflower and nontraditional bouquets from all sorts of nature items around the farm. We, of course, also made Read More »

August ’23 Week 1: Camp Jamie, Cub Scouts, ABH, and More!

In this first week of August… August 2nd: Program Director Katie attended another meeting of the 12-to-24 Collaborative’s Youth Council workgroup at Hood College. This opportunity to collaborate with other nonprofit community leaders and build a county-wide youth council from scratch has been so meaningful and fulfilling! August 3rd: ThorpeWood was delighted to host Frederick Read More »