“Old Timers week is the only time in your life, that feels like you can go backwards in life. John “Parks” Parker grew up in Newton. His uncle lived next door to Camp Director Allie Coles. In those days you
Camp Director, Ryan Wilensky sat down with Bryna Leeder, who was the wife of Bill Margolin (who sadly passed away this summer), and wrote a piece about the impact of West End House Camp on her family and her students
Before Lawrence Taylor, Drake Maye, and Bill Belichick, there was a West Ender on the University of North Carolina Football team. Mike “Finny” Finn came to camp from Natick, Massachusetts in 1968. The Camp Director at the time, Allie Coles,
Long time alumnus Michael Lamkin passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at the age of 49. He was originally from Stoughton, MA and moved to Florida, where he went to college and raised his family. While at camp, he
(Intro written by Ryan Wilensky) Maurice “Moe” Williams came to camp as an 8 year old in 1995. He had a hard time at first as a camper, but became a loveable favorite of the staff. In 2001, his Gottlieb
“Acceptance was important to a kid growing up, and self esteem. Camp was critical in my life.” Alan Skvirsky came to camp in 1945 at the unheard of age of 7. His father, Dr. Solomon Skvirsky, was the volunteer Camp Doctor. For many
“I LOVE THE WEST END HOUSE,” yelled Marcia Leppo, the wife of legendary West Ender and trial lawyer, Marty Leppo. There is no name more synonymous with West End House than Leppo. Patriarch Jake Leppo was a camper in the 1920s
“West End is in your blood. The place will infect you and there is no vaccination. It goes beyond being a member. It’s part of your core.” There are few, if any, people in the modern era that bleed West End more than
“Camp transcends everything, it’s a special place. To see it continuing, young guys stepping up and taking the reins. It will keep on going in perpetuity.” Rick and Neal Shrier have an old West End House lineage. In 1918, Neal’s
“Every time I go back and look up at the rafters and see my name or people that are here or who have passed, it conjures up memories of happy experiences.” In 1962, Jimmy Gordon came to camp at the age