Washington is home to lots of trees, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves. But what if you couldn't chop1or couldn't afford to pay someone to do it?2, Shane McDaniel and his twin sons are happy to chop truckloads of wood—then donate it to those in need.
The3started as a father-son bonding project. "I had to cut wood with my dad. He just4doing it," says Shane. He wanted to5that feeling, so he and the twins spent the summer of 2018 chopping wood. The6was a great wall of wood piled up.
It was too7for the McDaniels to use themselves, and when the weather turned cold that November, Shane started thinking of others. He8a photo of them and “Please help us help someone who ARE IN NEED OF FIREWOOD AND CANNOT AFFORD IT.” on Facebook. The9was immediate. One man10to donate a wood-burning stove. One woman, noticing the photo of the McDaniel men in the Facebook post, felt11: "Please post more pictures. I don't need the wood.12truly I appreciate the eye candy!"
Single mom Katelyn Ticer and her four-year-old daughter13a wood-burning stove as their sole source of heat, so it was a14to receive a truckload of firewood from the McDaniels. She toldmsn.com,"So much stress and anxiety is15my shoulders. I couldn't be more thankful."
Not every receiver is as16. "Some aren't even friendly. It's just not in them," Shane says. "They are angry with the world and17that they had to ask for help. They just have no other option than18." But Shane is OK with that. "Giving is the19," he says. "It has nothing to do with how well it's received; it's about how much it's20.
