This post takes us all the way to St
George, Utah, where we find some wonderful work being done. There is a very strong link to Newfoundland and
to St Patrick’s and I am grateful to Teri Healey Evans for sharing this with
us. Teri and her sisters are all graduates of St Patrick’s Convent Schools and Teri
brings us news of one of the sisters, Betty.
Many of us shared our school days with
Betty and remember her with affection.
Betty Healey Brown now lives in North Carolina. This is a story of Betty and her two amazing,
community spirited sons, Norm and Glenn Thibault. The boys were born in Newfoundland, Baptised
at St Patrick’s and, after moving to the States, spent most of their summers
with their Healey family in Newfoundland.
Teri says that if you ask Norm and Glenn where they are from they will
proudly tell you “Newfoundland”.
Both boys put themselves through college
and Glenn became a very successful businessman and Norm a dedicated Family and
Adolescent Therapist. Norm had a great
desire to help adolescents who have been adopted and
who have been coping with issues of rejection, drugs, alcohol abuse and myriad other
problems. With the help of his brother Glenn’s financial
backing, Norm’s dream became a reality.
September 2017 saw the grand opening of their
treatment centre for such young people.
The facility is named ‘Three Points Center,’ and is located at St George, Utah. Glenn,
who lives in Colorado, was there for the opening. The boys’ very proud mother, Betty, joined
them and helped cut the ribbon. At present the facility is
operating at full capacity with children from across the USA and elsewhere. Reports of the Center’s good work and excellent
results are spreading far and wide. Recently,
‘Three Points Center’ was featured in a documentary on a French T V Station which
had flown a crew over to film at the Ranch.
I am certain that, not only Betty, but the
entire Healey family is bursting with pride at the work these two dedicated
young men are doing and the good they are bringing about. I don’t think it would be too presumptuous if
we, as fellow Newfoundlanders, schoolmates, and friends of the Healey
family feel a little of that pride too.
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| Betty Healey Brown with her two sons, Glenn and Norm, at the opening of 'Three Point Center' in St George, Utah |
Teri has sent us a picture of the ribbon
cutting which we are delighted to post on our School Blog. Thanks Teri for this very interesting and
inspiring story. We send greetings to
Betty and wish Norm and ‘Three Points Centre’ every success.
**** If you click on either of the 'Three Points' names above, you will be taken to its website where you can learn all about the facility and its work.
**** If you click on either of the 'Three Points' names above, you will be taken to its website where you can learn all about the facility and its work.
