When Marcel Lerun moved into his new home in Fredericton, New Brunswick, earlier this year, he didn't set out to make a big deal out of it.
"I just wanted to be a part of it," he tells the CBC.
"I didn't want it to be about me or anything like that.
I just wanted it to be about the people."
That people is exactly what he ended up with: a not-for-profit that aims to help at-risk youth, reports the Guardian.
Lerun's brainchild is called the Neighbours, a center that will offer after-school and summer programs as well as job training for at-risk youth.
It's set to open this fall, but it won't be ready until the fall at the earliest.
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