Every year about this time we start the search for the perfect gifts, but the whole process has become increasingly commercialized. There’s no more striking symbol of that than Black Friday. On one hand it’s good that we take time to think of our loved ones and honor them with gifts, but, my goodness, […]
(Clockwise from top left, scenes from the 2015 Millard Fuller Legacy Build in Shreveport) Anthony Morgan can’t hide the tears at his home dedication; Roderick and Quinetta Carter are excited about welcoming their first child next year and raising their first-born in Allendale; volunteer house captain Kenneth Young presents Lytonja Smith a Bible […]
Help us reach the 3,000 families housed milestone in 2016! Will you help a family have a simple, decent home? Your tax-deductible gift by Dec. 31 will help build and repair homes across the U.S. and around the world in 2016. Simple, decent homes change lives and transform communities! When you give […]
Global Opportunities See the world and form relationships with people around the world. Our Global Builders program sends work teams on affordable short-term trips to places like Armenia, Bolivia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. No required language or construction skills. Most sites accept both youth (14+) and adults. Learn more […]
Service-learning enhances the learning environment for students. It also greatly benefits organizations like ourselves who are trying to make the world a better place. We value engaging with the next generation of thinkers and doers, and offer ourselves as community partners to universities and high schools across the country. We facilitate students and faculty taking […]
We believe that living our faith in Jesus is about more than choosing the right songs to sing on Sunday morning. It’s about getting out into the community and our world to let our light shine! We help church and school groups go out and do some shining, offering two types of Christian mission trips: […]
See what last summer was like: Fill out my Wufoo form! Over the past 7 years, hundreds of people have joined us for a bike ride. They change the lives of people in need by building homes along the way and find their own lives changed in the process.