Learn more, give or volunteer Zoye Miller is among many flood victims the Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders helped to return home after flooding from Hurricane Helene. Now, they are headed to West Virginia. Disaster ReBuilders to aid flood victims in West Virginia; volunteers wanted The Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders are launching a long-term recovery effort […]
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Disaster ReBuilders Receive $500,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to strengthen disaster recovery capacity
AMERICUS, Ga. — Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders Inc. (FCDR) has received a $500,000 implementation grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Hope After the Storm: Capacity Building for Faith-Based Disaster Relief Organizations initiative. The grant will support FCDR’s efforts to strengthen its capacity to serve communities affected by disasters by enhancing organizational infrastructure, expanding volunteer […]
Kentucky disaster recovery surpasses 100 projects after winter building blitz
Disaster ReBuilders President Bart Tucker credits Moyer for much of the success in Kentucky, comparing her efforts to strong local leadership from construction leaders Nathan West in western North Carolina over the past year and Rusty Cready in eastern North Carolina since 2018. “She’s doing a crackerjack job,” Tucker said. “I don’t touch a hammer. […]
Disaster ReBuilders embark upon 50-home “community of survivors” in Western Carolina
Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders volunteers, partners and supporters at a home dedication in March 2025. Disaster ReBuilders embark upon 50-home “community of survivors” in Western Carolina BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. — Time and time again since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, the Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders have tackled the difficult and often literally […]
A “wild ride” back home: Carolina mom, daughter near end of Helene recovery
SWANNANOA, N.C. — Elizabeth Barker’s life already was in a state of transformation in 2024. The changes, though, were ones she embraced, ones she chose, and ones she pursued. She and daughter Natalie were enjoying life in the cozy former home she had purchased in 2018. It was among multiple homes built in the 1920s […]
Nancy Fish says serving with Fuller Center like “joining a family”
LANCASTER, South Carolina — Nancy Fish has always loved biking and service work. A little more than three years ago, she found a great way to merge those two passions when she signed up for her first Fuller Center Bicycle Adventure ride — the Tour de Florida. “I had told a friend that I had […]
Western Carolina homeowners helped by Disaster ReBuilders share stories of horror and hope
When people think of hurricane danger, they often picture waves crashing over beaches, palm trees bending in the wind, and miles of traffic streaming away from the coast. But no two storms are alike — and 2024’s Hurricane Helene was horrifyingly unique. Though Helene made landfall in Florida’s sparsely populated Big Bend as a powerful […]
Disaster ReBuilders restore hope and trust for homeowners displaced by Helene
Disaster ReBuilders restore hope and trust for homeowners displaced by Helene Just over a year after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, our Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders are still on the ground — rebuilding homes, and more importantly, restoring hope, faith, and trust. Volunteers from across the country continue to show up and shine God’s […]