Stories of Excellence
Thank You For Assisting A Family
A client reported to Family Focus in Sanford that she only had 36 hours of wood left to heat the house, and was cutting trees in her back yard and burning green wood to keep warm. After many calls to lumber yards, foresters and firewood companies, one company stepped up to help our family. Timberwolf Firewood of Lebanon, on the very day that they were contacted, drove 40 miles to donate a cord of seasoned firewood already cut and split to fit the client's stove. "I couldn't believe you at Sweetser had been trying so long to find someone to help," said Patty Schaffer of Timberwolf. "Depending on how much winter we have left, they should be all set for at least six weeks."
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I was a teen at the site in Saco in 1966, and lived in the Brown Cottage. The Sargents were house parents then. I was a horrible kid and hated my time there, until it was time to leave, and then I cried. I didn't learn the value of my time at Sweetser until I became an adult. When you work wi...

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