Zac Godwin, a student volunteer from McDonough, hugs homeowner Lillie Miller after thanking her for the opportunity to help repair her home.
NEW! View photos from the McDonough Build.
Tears mixed with sweat Saturday in McDonough, Ga. when 12 houses were dedicated as part of the Fuller Center’s Greater Blessing Box program.
The dedications were the finale to a weekend of hard work on the part of 112 student volunteers from the River of Life program in northern Georgia. Read more about the entire 17-home repair project here.
“This means so much to me,” Lillie Miller said at the dedication of her house, the weekend’s largest project. Many of the walls, ceilings and the roof needed replacing as a result of termite infestation.
Miller’s home was the location of the dedication finale, featuring words and prayers of blessing from McDonough mayor Billy Copeland, Rev. James Miller, Rev. Shamara Lewis, project manager Mark Galey and Pastor of Wesley Way United Methodist Church, Greg Meadows. Continue Reading »
Torey Malone, 19, tears down soffit damaged by termites
NEW! View photos from the McDonough Build.
One-hundred and twelve student volunteers showed up again Friday for day two of a 17-house Fuller Center project - painting, roofing, landscaping and more for McDonough, Ga., residents, many in desperate need of home repair.
One home was in such rough shape it became an “extreme renovation.” All 17 houses are part of the Lemon Place neighborhood in McDonough (near Atlanta) and each of the projects qualified for the Fuller Center’s Greater Blessing program. The Greater Blessing program allows for smaller-scale restorations to take place, without mortgages or loans. To read more about it click here.
Christina Sheahan, 14, came with her youth group from The Orchard Church in Loganville, Ga. She’s worked on a home repair project before, but she was excited to find that this time, the homeowners worked right along with her group of students. Continue Reading »
El Salvador Team June 2009
A summer full of global builds kicked off this week in El Salvador with a group of 26 volunteers–the largest scheduled for The Fuller Center this year.
The group, headed by Dianne Fuller, daughter-in-law of Millard and Linda Fuller, made its way to San Luis Talpa, El Salvador on June 20 and will work on building ten houses expected to be finished by the end of the year. The two-bedroom houses will bring indoor plumbing to many residents for the first time.
Dianne’s group is made up of members of her church, Highland Hills Baptist Church in Macon, Ga., including her husband Chris and two sons, Ben, 17, and Joshua, 13.
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