It wasn't summer camp, But I remember trips to the Wal-Lex skating rink.. We went there a few time... We would tell the other kids we were mental patients and would kill them if they got in our way... Then laugh and laugh and laugh...

Thomas Heathwood can be easily found, just Google him.... He lived/lives in Chestnut Hill....

I was there in 1979 I was 11 (i remember sitting on one of the beds listening to the Boston Marathon on the radio) - i thought most of the kids there were normal.. There were a few that you could honestly say had some mental problems, most of the others were just stuck in a bad family situation and just acting out. I was only there for a short time (thank god) but i do remember them holding me down to take blood from me - I hated needles then, and I hate them today.
I clearly remember the deplorable conditions of the rec rooms. There would be PB&J sandwiches all over the chairs, and they would be there for weeks.

i remember there was a little chalk board the counselors would have and it had things like "one-on-one" or group - which described how you were to be supervised when you left the floor. On my first day there I got into a struggle with the a guy I think was the head guy, Thomas Heathwood as he was dragging me to my new home... I'm not sure what my ward was called, if you're facing the building it was the top floor on the right...

Anyway, it all behind us now, i just feel bad for the kids out there that get stuck in the system... Its a shame....