Takes A Great Deal Of Courage To Do Anything In Lisbon, Good Luck!

‘Circle of Courage’ healing envisioned

By Darcie Moore, Times Record Staff

Published:

Monday, December 12, 2011 2:13 PM EST

LISBON — For years it has been Nathan and Meghan Deveau’s dream: a place for at-risk children — including those labeled as “troubled” or outcasts — to not only heal, but to learn the skills and values needed to become successful citizens in society.

Standing at the end of the roughly cleared road stretching from Ferry Road and looking through a muddy area and then up a long incline to a clearing, Nathan Deveau can see the center’s future building in his mind on a knoll.

“I see kind of a barn shape, an all-glass front when you’re driving up, so you can see kids actually doing stuff,” he said. “And when parents are walking around, having these kids doing outside sculptures and having an opening when people can come,” to check out the center.

He and his wife, a paralegal by day, have talked about having the kids paint a mural on the backside of the building.

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