Celebrate Lakeside

Guest Blogger: Sarah Milheim, Advancement & Communications Coordinator


 

Lakeside is grateful for and celebrates each and every volunteer for the countless hours they have given to enhance the Lakeside experience.

Bill and Charlotte Maenner are two Lakesiders who have donated their time and talents to make the Lakeside community a better place.

As the couple’s family grows, the new family motto is “Anytime that we’re together, its’ a celebration!”

Each return visit becomes a treasure hunt of discovery with continuous progress in programs, structures, gardens, cottages, businesses and opportunities to experience growth.

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5 Things You Didn’t Know About: Epworth Lodge

Guest Blogger: Kelly Cecora, Marketing/Digital Communications Intern


 

In the 1900s, the Lakeside Chautauqua community built Epworth Lodge to create a gathering place for youth to experience the four pillars of Chautauqua – religion, education, arts and recreation.

More than 90 years later, this vision that Lakeside Chautauqua originally had for Epworth Lodge continues to flourish each year.

We sat down with the Director of Operations for the Lakeside Heritage Society, Gretchen S. Curtis, to talk about this piece of Lakeside history. She shared her knowledge of Epworth Lodge and even some fun facts that were hidden in the Archives.

Here are 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Epworth Lodge:

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