MISSION
The Friends of Robbins Farm Park (FoRFP) is a community organization formed to promote the beautification, restoration, and improvement of the Robbins Farm Park located along Eastern Avenue in Arlington Heights, Massachusetts. We sponsor and promote cultural, educational, recreational and other community activities throughout the year. We invite active membership in the organization and seek to represent the Robbins Farm Park community.
The Friends of Robbins Farm Park has a Board of Directors which include the offices of President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary and Recording Secretary. Monthly meetings of the Board are typically held on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Meetings are currently being held virtually. If interested in attending, please contact us by email (friends@robbinsfarmpark.org).
The Friends of Robbins Farm Park Board of Directors
OFFICERS
Jen Firneno – President
Elaine Backman – Vice President
Sandy Carmichael – Treasurer
Don Kalischer – Membership Secretary
Judy Leich – Recording Secretary
Marianne Comeau – Director
Bill Fischelis – Director
Jim Hampe – Director
Ken Hawkins – Director
Christian Klein – Director
Steve McHugh – Director
Corinne Schippert – Director
Mike Smith – Director
Jim Thompson – Director
Corinna Vanderspeck – Director
Tony Vogel – Director
Mona Zeftel – Director
LAND USE STATEMENT
We acknowledge that Robbins Farm Park sits on ancestral lands of the Massachusett Tribe, the tribe of
Indigenous peoples from whom the Colony, Province, and Commonwealth have taken their names.
We honor and respect the ancestral bloodline of the Massachusett Tribe and their descendants who
still inhabit historic Massachusett territories today.
The Friends of Robbins Farm Park is a charitable not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation.