SUN PHOTOS BY GREG MARTIN, gmartin@sun-herald.com

Crossroads board members Bucky McQueen, wearing a white shirt, holds a small pair of scissors as fellow board member Lee Swift holds a large pair before cutting the ribbon to kickoff a new mission of the Crossroads youth compound Saturday.

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Robert "Bucky" McQueen, chairman of Crossroads, stands in a dorm room that recently was converted from a facility for juvenile offenders sentenced to Crossroads into a home for unwanted foster boys, during a tour as part of a ribbon-cutting event Saturday at Crossroads. The facility is located on County Road 74, east of State Road 31.

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Crossroads Executive Director John Davidson addresses a gathering of supporters as members of the band When in Doubt wait to perform, during a kickoff event at the new foster group home Saturday.

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Children's Network staffer Mary Lynn Smith, left, gets a hamburger cooked up by Crossroads staffers at the Crossroads home for foster boys Saturday. The network has agreed to refer boys to the home, if appropriate.

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Members of the band Youth Gone Wild perform some high-energy music to help kick off Crossroads' new mission as a foster home Saturday. The compound is located some 16 miles east of Punta Gorda.