VETERANS
The mortgage-free home and lot were given to the Sandburgs as part of the
City of Port St. Lucie’s Gold Star Family Home Giveaway program.
represents more than just a structure. For the Sandburg family,
it represents a new beginning.”
The home’s furnishings are at once comfortable and
elegant, with a bouquet of soothing colors throughout. A
plate of cookies for the visitors sat on the marble countertop
in the kitchen.
“The Believe With Me Foundation did an amazing job,”
Kathi Sandburg said. The foundation is a nonprofit organization
that assists Gold Star families financially and through
their volunteers.
Family photos adorn various surfaces, including one of the
photo scrapbooks Kathi is fond of making from time to time.
Large, beautifully framed prints hang on the walls. One, behind
Brendon’s memorial flag, is of small boats tied up along
the waterfront of a city — perhaps reminiscent of the family’s
life in Stuart.
NOBLE CAUSE
Ryan Courson, GL Homes division president of St. Lucie
County, said the company got involved when the city reached
out to area home builders asking how they could help with
the project. After thinking it over, GL Homes concluded that
they wanted to build the entire home, which includes a den
and a two-car garage. They consulted with the Sandburgs to
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