Back in 1986, a kid named Nate Busko was a distance runner on his Lancaster County high school track team. But no one knew what the boy with few friends was really running from. They didn’t know he’d ...

Nate Deen, the nonprofit group's founder, named the organization after his surrogate father, a teacher who gave him a helping hand when he was struggling in school.

“The Remarkable Mr. Deen,” an exhibit filled with photos, props and other artifacts connected to longtime Garden Spot High School teacher Stan Deen, drew visitors to the New Holland ...

The film details the journey of Nate, a teenager at a Pennsylvania school, living in the back of his car until he is arrested for a break-in, prompting one of his teachers, Mr. Stan Deen ...

The exhibition, called "The Remarkable Mr. Deen," was staged by Nate Deen, whose story with Stan Deen was the basis for "Brave the Dark." (Nate Deen, formerly Nate Busko, changed his last name in ...

At 8 years old, Nathan Williams went through something no one should have to endure. He saw his abusive father kill his mother and then himself.

The film, which is about an unconventional chosen family, is co-written by Nathaniel Deen, based on his own life story about being taken in by his drama teacher, Stan Deen. The film is also a ...

In his senior year, Williams meets teacher Stan Deen, played by "Chrenobyl" miniseries star Jared Harris. Deen is a drama teacher at Garden Spot High School. Their relationship begins after Deen ...

Brave the Dark, a 2023 drama film directed by Damian Harris, tells the poignant story of a bond formed between a small-town teacher and a troubled teenager in 1980s Pennsylvania. The film, which ...

The Stan Deen Foundation is a relatively new nonprofit organization with the mission of helping troubled youth across the nation, much like how its founder received help from one of his teachers ...