"Hidden in the woods off Summer Street, the Armenian Youth Federation’s Camp Haiastan is being renovated with the help of a few generous donors.
David Hamparian, executive director of Camp Haiastan, said that the camp’s offices are being restored because they are in one of the oldest buildings on the site. In the past few years the camp has renovated many of its facilities, all fueled by donations.
The Armenian Summer camp was founded in 1950 by area residents who had lived through the Armenian genocide. Their children took over as the elder generations passed away. Haiastan was the first Armenian camp in the country. Hamparian said the mass murder of 1.5 million Armenians by Turkish forces in the early 1900s has flown under the radar in many ways and is given little attention in textbooks and classrooms.
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| AYF Camp Haiastan |
"Teenage years can be stressful. But it’s also a time where the future is bright and minor details are forgotten over time.
Small things, however, can alter lives. And in Jackson Montgomery’s case, it’s a bug bite.
On Thursday afternoon, the Franklin resident was preparing for a science final at UMass Amherst. The test, he said, is stressful, but it’s his Lyme disease he was worried about.
“My symptoms really start to act up at night,” he said. “But that’s OK, I’ll do my best and make it through.”
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| Franklin resident struggles with Lyme disease. Can you help? |
