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
“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
“There is a certain bond, when you go to camp you are a part of a strong bond that cannot be broken. That spirit has prevailed.” In 1957, Malcolm Alter went to camp for the first time. His parents sent
“I moved a lot as a kid and never felt I had a place for myself. Camp was home. I moved, but camp was never going anywhere.” In 1980, Kevin’s Aunt Harriet (who sadly passed away on March 17th) was
“Everyone was one big family. They always came back. It’s friends and family for life.” Brighton Lew was never a camper and was only a counselor for 1 summer, in 1972. He would have come earlier, but the West End
“I learned how to be with people who AREN’T LIKE ME and people learned what it was like to LIVE WITH ME.” Mark Sands reflects on his 45+ years as a West Ender through the lense of a Special Education
When Sidney “Sid” Boorstein was asked what he learned most from camp, he stated “We learned how to get along with all kinds of people.” Sid Boorstein first came to camp in 1945 as an 8 year old, even though