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Chautauqua Trail: Chautauqua Wawasee

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Guest Blogger: Allison Moon, Advancement Communications Intern

A Week at Chautauqua-Wawasee

When Ann Strong walked through Oakwood in Syracuse, Indiana, it reminded her of a Chautauqua, particularly the Chautauqua Institution in New York.

Oakwood, located on Lake Wawasee, Indiana’s largest natural lake, was originally founded in 1893 as a permanent camp meeting ground for “spiritual edification and physical recreation,” similar to Lakeside.

In more recent years, the area was known as Oakwood Inn, Conference Center and Retreat, but closed in 2008 and remained vacant for five years.

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Lakeside Chautauqua Establishes Legacy House

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Guest Blogger: Allison Moon, Advancement Communications Intern

In late April, the Advancement & Communications Department moved from the Lakeside Chautauqua Administration Office to the Legacy House.

The Legacy House is located at 217 Walnut Ave., across from Artists-N-Cahoots, the Lakeside store.

With the generous help of the Lakeside Spring Cleanup Day volunteers and the Lakeside Chautauqua Maintenance Department, the space was transformed into the Legacy House, including eight offices and a conference room.

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Travel Tips: Fourth of July

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Are you planning to spend the Fourth of July at Lakeside?  We’ve put together a list of some useful travel tips to help you back to Lakeside with ease. See you soon! You’re invited to join The Front Porch conversation. What’s your favorite Fourth of July tradition at Lakeside? How you do celebrate the Fourth … Read more

Embrace Your Faith at Lakeside

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Guest Blogger: Sarah Milheim, Advancement & Communications Coordinator

When you visit Lakeside, one of the benefits of the Chautauqua experience are the many ways to embrace your faith. Lakeside is a wonderful place to reflect and grow spiritually.

During its 10-week summer season, Lakeside Chautauqua offers ample opportunities to participate in programs within the religion pillar, one of the four pillars of the Chautauqua experience.

Attend a Sunday morning worship service at no charge with a Church Pass. Church Passes are available from 7:30-10:30 a.m. Sunday; valid until 3 p.m. Attend a morning worship service, stay for lunch and enjoy the activities on the grounds. The pass includes admittance for guests and auto.

Administered through Lakeside Chautauqua’s Religious Life Department, there are several ways for adults, families, youth and young adults to get involved.

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Sunday Spotlight: Lakeside Leadership Academy – Marketing

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Lakeside Chautauqua welcomed 14 Lakeside Leadership Academy (LLA) interns to the grounds in early May. Since then, they have been hard at work experiencing Lakeside, taking on challenges and advancing new projects within their work environments.

We would like to introduce this summer’s Marketing/Digital Communications Intern and Journalism/Newspaper Editor Interns to the Lakeside community.

Meet the LLA Marketing interns:

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Chautauqua Park Upgrades

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Help support enhancements to Chautauqua Park with a special gift to the Lakeside Fund.

Chautauqua Park, with its nature/walking trail extension and memorial garden, further allows Lakesiders to renew and reconnect with nature.

This sacred space is where Lakesiders come to reflect, loved ones are remembered, special occasions are celebrated and the beauty of nature is embraced.

To add to the serenity of Chautauqua Park, a Trinity Garden will be planted, a beautiful sculpture, called Inturning, has been placed, and a fountain feature will be added in the southeast corner of the 10 acres of land.

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Celebrate God Squad’s 20th birthday

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God Squad, Lakeside Chautauqua’s famous children’s ministry program for ages 4-9, is celebrating its 20th birthday this summer.

The celebration begins at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 26 on Cedar Avenue in front of Bradley Temple.

Lakesiders of all ages are invited to celebrate by singing “Happy Birthday” together. Birthday treats will also be served.

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2014 Family Discovery Programs

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The entire family is invited to these events, which encourage learning opportunities on a variety of topics and interaction among multiple generations. Pick up a copy of the Lakesider newspaper for more information and locations for each program, or visit https://lakesideohio.com/calendar.

Friday, June 27

10:30-11:30 a.m.

Curious Critters: From Portraits to Picture Books

Author and Sigma Pro photographer, David FitzSimmons, will his show his mesmerizing animal portraits

and discuss how he turned them into an award-winning children’s picture book.

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Lakeside Farmers’ Market

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In a continued effort to promote health and wellness, Lakeside hosts a bi-weekly Farmers’ Market from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. every Tuesday and Friday. Farmers’ Market vendors sell fresh produce, honey, herbs and homemade baked goods at Walnut Avenue on the pedestrian walkway between Second and Third Streets. Vendors that selling goods at the Farmers’ Market … Read more

Shop for Lakeside Apparel Online

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Guest Blogger: Melissa Kunz, Content Manager

online shopLakeside Chautauqua recently launched its official online shop, a place to purchase Lakeside merchandise exclusively online.

The online shop includes apparel for men, women and youth, as well as accessories for all.

To browse the selection of merchandise, visit www.lakesideohio.com/shop. From here, Lakesiders can search for products by category, add items to their cart, complete their order at checkout and check their order status.

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Sunday Spotlight: Operations/Conference & Event Planning

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This year, our Operations Department experienced exciting changes during the off-season. Lakeside Chautauqua hired a new Vice President of Operations, Kevin Newbolt, who joined the team in May.

We also promoted employees within the Operations Department; Amber LeSage was promoted to Director of Conference & Event Planning.

Meet our Operations/Conference & Event Planning Staff:

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Ohio’s Most Beautiful Mile Takes Shape

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The lakefront path has been a Lakeside tradition for more than 140 years.

This special shoreline path is a place where sunsets are admired, worship takes place, healing begins, a marriage proposal is made, weddings are celebrated, fireworks delight, children share stories and Lakesiders engage in conversation.

The lakefront path is special and unique to each Lakesider. Everyone can tell a story about why it is so important and what it means to them. Through these stories, we understand how it serves to transform the lives of each Lakesider, whether visiting for a day, week or the entire summer. Obviously, it showcases the most dramatic view of Lake Erie where water, islands, skies and stars collide in a masterpiece of nature.

As part of this past year’s Lakeside Fund, Lakeside Chautauqua will enhance the lakefront path in an effort to claim and promote the title of being Ohio’s Most Beautiful Mile.  

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