Lowell Transitional Living Center
Our Stories
"We all need help sometime."
Had you told Barbara Droll that she would one day be living in a homeless shelter, she would have probably laughed. Growing up in Lowell, Barbara was a bright, well-spoken and ambitious young woman who graduated with a teaching degree from Lowell State College (now University of Massachusetts Lowell) and went on to earn her master's degree during a successful 22-year teaching career in Lowell elementary schools. read more
"They gave me my life back."
You'd have a hard time finding a harder worker than Brian Williams. When Brian was only 16, his father died suddenly. Brian dropped out of high school to help his mother support his 11 brothers and sisters. He worked full time driving a front-end loader for a construction company when he was barely old enough for a driver's license. read more
"Without them, I would probably be dead."
Julia Saxon thanks God every day for the Lowell Transitional Living Center. Looking back over the past three years of her life, she is suprised sometimes that she's still alive. "I was sleeping on the streets. I was scared every night. I didn't know if I would be alive to wake up in the morning." read more

Barbara Droll, today in her apartment above the Lowell Transitional Living Center.
Brian Williams volunteers in the LTLC kitchen as a way to give back.
Lowell Transitional Living Center 205 - 209 Middlesex St., Lowell, MA 01852 978.458.9888 email ltlc
Julia Saxon says LTLC never gave up on her.