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Daigle Dishes: Prince DePina

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What is your role at camp? This year I will be a staff member as a Senior Counselor. When was your first year at WEHC, and who or what brought you? My first year at West End was 2018, and (long time camper/counselor and High Senior Captain) Carl Headges brought me to camp. How many…

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Becoming One of the Boys: Gerry Walsh

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“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 Gerry Walsh. At the age of 8 years old, Gerry started attending the West End House…

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Daigle Dishes: Hannah Cowan

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When was your first year at camp, and who or what brought you to WEHC? In April of 2022, I discovered that WEHC needed an Admin Coordinator. Jetting from Kansas City, MO, I was excited to tour camp with Ryan Wilensky. He shared some history, previous years’ camp tales, and showed me the beautiful cabin…

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REMEMBERING with Ryan: Rick and Neal Shrier

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“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 grandfather, Louis Real, was signed up for camp when it was canceled due to the…

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