(Note: Fuller Center Director of Communications Chris Johnson is a self-described Parrot Head — a die-hard Jimmy Buffett fan — who has been champing at the beak for an excuse to work Buffett into his work. After nearly eight years on the job, he finally found one!) To casual observers, Jimmy Buffett’s die-hard fans — […]
By Chris Johnson, Director of Communications October did not see much of a cooldown in the weather as we settled into the fall season, nor did the work of The Fuller Center cool down across the nation and around the world. Here are some of the highlights that supporters like you made possible in the […]
By Chris Johnson, Director of Communications The highlight of September had to be the kickoff of the 2015 Millard Fuller Legacy Build in Shreveport, Louisiana. On September 27, dozens of volunteers came to spend a week further revitalizing the Allendale neighborhood where The Fuller Center first began working 10 years ago. Volunteers built […]
By Chris Johnson, Director of Communications The past month ended on a high note with the conclusion of the Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders’ Back to Biloxi blitz build, building a new home for the Nguyen family and giving four existing homes new life through major repair or massive renovations. We are marking our 10th anniversary […]
By Chris Johnson, Director of Communications It feels a little bit like summer out there, huh? OK, it feels more like the rim of a volcano out there, but the work of The Fuller Center is heating up across the nation and around the world. Here is a mere sampling of some of the things […]
By Chris Johnson, Director of Communications The first day of June saw the start of the Lind-A Hand Build — Linda Fuller’s Build for Women — in Lanett, Alabama, hometown of Fuller Center founder Millard Fuller. I was there that day, and it was obvious from the start that this would be a June to […]
By Chris Johnson, Director of Communications It’s June, which means the building season is in full swing. Perhaps nowhere is that more evident than in our founder Millard Fuller’s hometown of Lanett, Alabama, site of the first-ever Lind-A Hand Build — Linda Fuller’s Build for Women. I was there yesterday, and they may very well […]
By Chris Johnson, Director of Communications A wonderful month of April took a tragic turn toward the end of the month as a massive earthquake struck the exotic country of Nepal, where we built our first international houses. We’ve since found out that the homes we’ve built in the Trishuli village just 30 miles from […]
