The Friends of Boothe Park, Inc.

The Friends of Boothe Park is an all volunteer, non-profit organization formed in 1984 with the mission of providing information and preserving the heritage of the park and its museums, buildings, and grounds. Each year Friends contribute over 6000 fun-filled hours conducting school programs and guided tours, maintaining gardens, grounds and buildings. Friends provide an annual Opening Day event, exhibits, tours, school programs, a genealogy library, and rose garden for the benefit of the general public.

To become a Friend of Boothe Park Volunteer or to contribute to our programs please complete the response form.

Your tax-deductible contribution helps to support all programs. Annual memberships are $10 for individuals and $25 for families and are tax-deductible. USE Response FORM and send contributions and inquiries to P.O BOX 902, Stratford CT 06615.

School Programs
The Friends of Boothe Memorial Park volunteers provide experienced docents who guide school children through a day of life on an 19th century farm. The children are placed in small groups which visit six different stations, each of which exposes them to some aspect of life on the farm. Since the experience is all "hands on" activities, they may cook some pancakes using freshly ground wheat and hours old eggs, or make their own apple cider, or fresh sausages. Each child takes a hand weaving a rag rug on the old loom in the barn, while their classmates are learning about home life without electricity, or taking a hand carding wool from our sheep. The blacksmith shop offers the tools of the trade and how to use them, and all of the children are exposed to the farm through threshing and grinding wheat as well as a chance to feed the chickens and sheep. It is a fun day for all and an experience which they remember many years later. For any information on the program, please call (203) 381-2046.