Volunteers are in Haiti preparing to build the first Fuller Center house this month in Bellanton. The home is for a widow with a large family who lost their stick and mud hut to the recent earthquake. Georgia home-builder Frank Purvis and Billy Ponko of Indiana will direct Fuller Center operations in Haiti. They have been […]
Today at 1:30 p.m., Minnie Hawkins and her grandson Khalil, 14, received a Bible, a blanket and the keys to their new house in Minden, La. She is the last of the 5th anniversary build dedications that started Saturday in Shreveport. Thanks to hundreds of volunteers from as far away as California, Idaho, New York […]
Three years might seem like a long time to wait for a house, especially if you are living in a one-room shack with a teenage boy. But Minnie Hawkins, recipient of a Fuller Center house in Minden, La., spoke only of appreciation and patience. "Nothing is going to happen until the Lord is ready for […]
Wednesday was day two for the California/Oregon team working on one of Fuller Center Webster Parish’s two 5th anniversary build houses. The small group of mostly-experienced volunteers finished the walls, installed half of the windows and raised several roof trusses on a half-acre plot of land in Springhill, La. The project is being led by […]
By Anastasia Harbuck of the Eufala Tribune Published: March 16, 2010 Eufaula resident Don May came to know his friend, Millard Fuller, when they were both young kids. May attended Valley High School while Fuller attended Lanett High School. The schools were fierce rivals, but that didn’t keep the boys from becoming close friends. “We […]
The Fuller Center for Housing is gearing up to celebrate its fifth anniversary, March 15 – 27, with a five-house build in its three covenant partner locations in Louisiana (Shreveport, Webster Parish and Hammond). The build is a culmination of nearly five years of building efforts that grew out of the response to the housing […]
From "The Daily You – Shreveport" Volunteers from as far away as Idaho and Minnesota will join with local residents to build two new houses in Shreveport in conjunction with the Fifth Anniversary Celebration of The Fuller Center for Housing. The two houses will be built in the 1400 block of Alston Street in the […]
Team offers year-round volunteer opportunities As The Fuller Center works to put into place its response to the disaster in Haiti, it’s a sharp reminder of past disasters and how much work there is still left to be done right here at home. The Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders team has been following hurricanes and rebuilding […]
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