Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders

Flood recovery work is underway in Louisiana, North Carolina and Texas! North Carolina site is open for registration now!

North Carolina Location: Rebuilding After Hurricane Florence

In our assessment of the damage Florence created, the area surrounding New Bern has the greatest concentration of homes meeting our qualifications for assistance. Our nonprofit partners and churches have mucked out thousands of homes. Now they need our specialty—rebuilding mucked out homes.

We can’t do this without you! We’ll provide the construction leadership, tools and projects and you provide the passion for serving your neighbors in need. We love skilled and unskilled volunteers all the same. Come for a week and stay longer!

We have a capacity for 40 volunteers. Hurry—bookings available after January 1th. $100 per week per person.

Click HERE for information about volunteer meals, lodging, and worksite details !

Click here to register for North Carolina Location

Texas Location: Rebuilding After Hurricane Harvey

Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders needs you now! We have begun rebuilding in the towns and surrounds of Dickinson, Friendswood, League City, and Texas City, an area southeast of Houston. Mucking out is essentially complete in this area, so we particularly need your skilled volunteer teams! Clear Lake Presbyterian Church (25 volunteers) and Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (40 volunteers) are generously providing room and board for you.

Generally, teams arrive Sunday afternoon and leave late Friday or Saturday morning. We’ll provide the construction leadership, tools and projects and you provide the passion for serving your neighbors in need.

Volunteer Lodging Information:

Click HERE for information on volunteer lodging, meals, and worksite information!

RV Hook Up Information:

Power, water, and sewer hook-ups available at a church partner campsite for $20 night (Hitchcock, TX—less than 10 miles from most work sites). Call Lyn Wilson, 346- 763-7499 (disaster-rebuilders@fullercenter.org), for availability before registering.

Click the button below to register for Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders Harvey Rebuild in Texas!

Click here to register for Texas location

Read the latest newsletter from our Texas location!

Links:

Read about Harvey work beginning at Dickinson First Presbyterian Church

Mission team reflects on hurricane relief work in Texas

Follow Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders on Facebook!

Donate to Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders

Louisiana Location: Flood Recovery

As you know, massive flooding occurred in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area in August of 2016. This flood from 24 hours of torrential rainfall damaged 154,000 homes (some have called it a 1,000 year weather phenomenon). Not surprisingly between 50% and 80% of the homeowners (depending on the area) did not have flood insurance. Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders has been rebuilding homes with our partners in Louisiana since January 2017. Given the enormity of the disaster, there are many homeowners still needing assistance.

Our volunteer camp is located in Denham Springs. We’re working right alongside our partners: Ginger Ford Northshore Fuller Center for Housing in Hammond, LA and the S.M.A.L.L. Fuller Center for Housing located in Walker, LA.

We have the capacity for 26 volunteers each week. Our volunteer camp is located in the middle of a small horse (check out 10607 Cassle Road, Denham Springs, LA for a satellite view). While the work is not relaxing, the horse farm is a great place to wind down.

If you have a skilled team, we’d urge you to consider volunteering in Denham Springs where your skills will be more effectively used at this point than in Texas in the Harvey recovery.

Click HERE for additional information on volunteer lodging, meals and worksite details!

View a video of the flooded area that Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders will be helping rebuild!

Click button below to register for the Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders Flood Recovery work in Louisiana!

2018 Events:

June 2018-Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders and Ginger Ford Fuller Center for housing have partnered together to build two homes for families in Livingston Parish.
Read all about the work and the families!

2016 Events:

October 2016– Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders partnered for a new home build with First Presbyterian Church of Ocean Spring, MS.
Check out the story of the homeowner for the Ocean Springs Build.

May 2016, Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders and 115 volunteers partnered with Warrior Creek Development for a two-week build of six housing units (three duplexes) in Welch, West Virginia.

Check out the latest photos from the Warrior Creek Build!

LINKS:

Tears Flow as Port Sulphur Woman Gets Homes-June 23, 2011

Man who lost everything getting new home–April 12, 2011

Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders celebrates one year in Texas – July 6, 2010

Disaster ReBuilders celebrates 4-year partnership with AmeriCorps – April 15, 2010

Volunteers drive the work of Disaster ReBuilders – Feb. 17, 2010

Disaster ReBuilders leading hurricane recovery effort in Texas – Feb. 17, 2010

Ike volunteers get back to work – Jan. 7, 2010

Hurricane-damaged homes not forgotten – Aug. 1, 2009

Disaster ReBuilders Dedicates First Home as Fuller Center Mission Partner – Feb. 11, 2009

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