Welcome to the Westford Friends of East Boston Camps

We hope that you were able to join us for:

Food:	Enjoy hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, ice cream
Music:	Laura and the Lookouts       PLUS   Oh, CONTRAire!
Nature Walks:	Take a walk through some of the East Boston Camps trails, led by veteran guides
Swimming:	Take a dip in the pristine (and perhaps brisk!) water of Burge’s Pond (no lifeguard)
BINGO!:	Try your hand at Bingo! Have some fun and support the Friends at the same time. Must be over 18 to participate.

Parking for the event will be at Stony Brook School, with a guided walk to the campsite. Special provisions will be made for those unable to walk from the school to the camps.

The popular haywagon from our most recent events at the Camps made an appearance in the 2010 Apple Blossom Parade. Thanks to those of you who cheered us on (and the "zip line bear")!

A group of 15 Westford Academy Seniors made numerous improvements to several East Boston Camps buildings as part of a Senior Project. Check out their blog.

The Friends would like to thank all of you who turned out for Winterfest. The weather washed out the on-ice activities, but, as you can see from the pictures below, many people stopped by and seemed to have a great time!

Sincerest thanks to our sponsors for their support!!

Photos courtesy of Tony Janeczek

A number of you have asked about the East Boston Camps t-shirts that some of us were wearing at the spring BBQ, which unfortunately are not available. But we will have a limited number of high quality Westford Friends of EBC T-Shirts at the Fall Festival, in sizes Small, Medium, Large, or X-Large, for $20. If you are interested in reserving one, please email

The Friends would like to thank all of you who turned out for the Fall Foliage Festival.

If you have any thoughts about this event, please feel free to contact us at:

• 3 family portrait sittings and prints, from Peacock Photography
• weekend night hotel stay with breakfast for 2 adults and 2 children, courtesy of the Burlington Marriott
• landscape oil painting by Westford artist Laurie Miller
• framed digital print, by Westford photographer Frank Winters
• framed Stony Brook photo, by Westford resident Marian Harman
• watercolor by Bob Frank
• print and frame from Mary Jane Brunelle
• 2 Nashoba Valley Ski or Snowboard lift tickets
• 2 Nashoba Valley Ski Area Witch's Woods tickets
• two 80 minute massages, courtesy of Elements of Burlington

• Fujofilm Finepix JSO 8.2 megapixel digital camera, from Newton MotoPhoto
• desk lamp iPod player, courtesy of Westford Home Lighting
• Christmas tree with delivery, courtesy of Stony Brook Farms
• $100 savings bond plus safe deposit box rental from Enterprise Bank
• $25 gift cards to Bamboo Restaurant
• 20lb bags of Wild Bird Seed from Mackay Hardware
• Black and Decker Gizmo can opener
• 2 large free pizzas from Papa Ginos
• ... and more!

Photos courtesy of Tony Janeczek

2009 Spring Barbeque

The Friends would like to thank all of you who turned out for the Spring Barbeque. The weather was wonderful (well, up until that thundershower!), and the turnout was overwhelming! We want to thank the musicians, Inimicus and The Roasted Ramblers for entertaining us. We also want to thank the former East Boston Camps campers for the pictures, the stories, and the support. For those of you who entered the raffle, we're sorry that the rain kept us from holding the drawing as planned - we will be drawing the name of the winner at our next Friends meeting on June 15 and announcing the winner shortly thereafter.

For those of you who took the opportunity to join the Friends, we are very grateful for your support. For those who did not have a chance to join but would like to, please Join the Friends now.

Thanks again, and please look for future Friends events to support the Camps.

Check out the photos of the event below and more photos on westford.com.

Photos courtesy of Tony Janeczek