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Boys Town

Small town in east-central Nebraska, 13 km/8 mi west of Omaha; population (1990) 800. It was founded in 1917 as a community for troubled and homeless boys by Father Edward J Flanagan, and incorporated in 1936. It is now (since 1979) a coeducational, Catholic-run nonsectarian community, governed by the resident young people.

Boys Town has several branches throughout the USA and is largely supported by private charitable contributions.



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When Hennessey arrived in Boys Town orphanage — now an elite private school in the farming village of Bindoon, 55 miles (90 kilometers) north of the western
Australia apologizes to Brit kids sent to colonies by ROD McGUIRK and JILL LAWLESS / AP News
for a time, Kyles spent his teen years at Father Flanagan's famous Boys Town in Omaha, which he describes as "the four best years of my youth.
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Reach out to a relative, friend, counselor, teacher or clergyperson, or call a hotline like the Covenant House at 1-800-999-9999 or Girls and Boys Town at 1-800-448-5000.
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