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Success Stories

Take a look at this sampling of The Fuller Center’s encouraging and heartwarming stories of struggle and triumph and the hope that comes from having a home.

U.S. Homeowners

Tears of joy, promises kept in Kansas City.
VIDEO: Americus, Georgia, family thriving in home build during Toolie’s Birthday Blitz.
Mother, daughters displaced by fire return home in Forsyth County, Georgia.
Family with 10 children celebrates unique building effort in Idaho.
Kidney transplant patient in Waxahachie, Texas, gets badly needed repairs to home.
Navy veteran, wife have new home in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Army vet, wife helped as they raise girls with cystic fibrosis, autism.
Macon FCH to help woman with 17 great-grandchildren repair roof
Vietnam Veteran benefits from 9/11 service project in Tallahassee
Two Georgia widows helped by volunteers from Louisiana church group
86-year-old Korean War veteran has home refurbished, made safe
Army veterans go from homeless to homeowners in Louisville
Business owner in Macon donates home to employee
What it’s all about: ‘Mama, I want to go back home’
Atlantic City homeowner partners recall Sandy’s fury
YouthBuild graduate now a homeowner partner in Louisville
Krystal Rosier’s new home build with a lot of youthful energy
Fuller Center helps single father get ‘dream home’ in Philadelphia
Disabled couple struggles to raise grandchildren in a decent home. We’ll help!
VIDEO: Bicycle Adventurers build special addition to home for disabled teen
A story of second chances … for a cancer survivor AND her home
Louisville, Ky., resident personifies ReNew program
VIDEO: Homeowners don’t let disabilities stop them from paying it forward
After fire, family gets a home for the holidays
Fuller Center helps blind woman who was “living in terror” in Mississippi
Green building pays off in lower power bills for Thad Harris
Ginger Ford Fuller Center helps Williams family get home for holidays in Louisiana
Legacy Build 2011: Finding gratitude: BLOG
Handicapped homeowner Thad Harris’ success story continues, one year later: BLOG
Juanita Ingram moves into her new home, shedding tears of joy: BLOG & VIDEO
Northwest Louisiana gives veterans a new lease on life
Legacy Build 2011: Families move into homes built by “God’s hands”
Legacy Build 2011: The Fuller Center returns to Allendale, a once-dilapidated neighborhood
The miracle on St. Paul street continues
Community dedicates tornado-ravaged home
Homeowner features: VIDEOS
Community gathers to repair Bobby and Anita Simpsons’ tornado-ravaged home
FCH-Kansas City builds handicapped accessible features for 19-year-old Jennifer Newton
The Fuller Center dedicates repaired home in Koinonia Farm community
Emotional homecoming for injured vet: VIDEOS
Earth Day Dedication: VIDEO
Faith in Action weekend huge success
Homeowners grateful for new start
Bud Parish – A grandfather and his music
Helping the Helpers – The Hines Family Story
Bike Adventure builds with homeowner in Aurora, OH
Bike Adventure 2011 VIDEOS
A new home, a new start for Terence: VIDEO

Volunteers & supporters

Central Indiana’s Vogt, Fisher, honored by governor as Distinguished Hoosiers.
Georgia family wins $250,000 cash prize, gives 10% to Fuller Center of Macon.
Partnerships drive success in Lake County, Illinois.
Blitz build plants seeds of hope in Gary, Indiana.
Building homes in Armenia a summer tradition for New Jersey couple.
Peoria’s Gaught receives Women in Leadership honor from TV station.
Hyundai-Dymos sends dozens of volunteers to work for 8 weeks with Fuller Center.
University of Cincinnati grad Phil Riazzi wraps up summer of service in Peru.
World Changers team up with Fuller Center for a busy week in Louisiana.
Sweet Sixteen wish fulfilled with three generations of family’s women on job site.
Young energy turns heads during Block of Blessings in Millard Fuller’s hometown.
Georgia Fuller commentary: Remembering my dad, Millard Fuller.
Two Global Builders and their employers raise money for well in Ghana.
LEGACY BUILD 2014: Delivering home to Louisville’s West End.
Homeowner partner from 2013 Legacy Build pays it forward in Louisville.
Cafe Campesino’s Bill Harris gives back with cycling, coffee
Army vet serves Fuller Center covenant partner in North Carolina
First Australian Bicycle Adventurer talks about a ‘win-win-win situation’
University of Indianapolis magazine on ‘summer of a lifetime’
Boston lawyer falls in love with Haiti
WorldChangers youth spend week with Fuller Center
Massachusetts youth team, area Baptists give Spartanburg a lift
Thomson Reuters employee donates service award to Fuller Center
UCC church team a ‘well-oiled machine’
For 15-year-old, Legacy Build is worth missing school for a week
Grammy-winner John Mayer volunteers at Veterans Build in Shreveport
Ohio University students discuss their alternative spring break
Brenda Sawyer ‘addicted to volunteering’
Bicycle Adventurer John Hughes, age 85, always on the go
VIDEO: College students discuss why they serve during week before Christmas
Father-son-granddaughter team takes part in spring Bicycle Adventure
The Jabusches — 116 homes and counting
Father brings three teen daughters to 2012 Legacy Build
The Fuller Center and Mercer University: Kindred spirits
Charlie Park and ’21 years of happy moments’
Volunteer commentary: Inseparable link between serving God and helping people
Leukemia survivor Jonathan Alfaro uses new lease on life to help others
Katy Build honors special girl
Meet the people who make the Chattahoochee Fuller Center Project a huge success
Blindness doesn’t hold back Idaho’s Don Ashcraft
Why people from the left, right and center support The Fuller Center
Clemson spring-breakers work in New Jersey
Biking the Natchez Trace Parkway to build homes
University of Virginia students repair South Carolina woman’s home
Penn State students spend spring break in rural Warwick, Ga.
Hollywood, Harvard and the blues collide in Greenwood, Miss.
Serve Beyond Cincinnati enjoys busy fall of working with The Fuller Center.
Finding hope in Haiti
Northwest Louisiana Fuller Center volunteers honor veterans
Virginia high-schoolers build Fuller Center home and get life lessons
Legacy Build 2011: Webster University students add to international flavor
Legacy Build 2011: Volunteers from afar
Legacy Build 2011: The Hipplers celebrate 50 years of marriage: BLOG
Legacy Build 2011: Past homeowners pay it forward on the build site: BLOG & VIDEO
Bike Adventure team reaches its fundraising goal of $500,000; Bike Adventure founder Ryan Iafigliola shaves his beard: BLOG & VIDEO
House dedications bring home Katrina evacuees
Virginia high schoolers build a home and get life lessons
Legacy Build 2011: A student from Iraq rolls up her sleeves on the build site
Legacy Build 2011: Hundreds of volunteers come together to kick off the event
Bike adventure comes to a successful close; team leader Allen Slabaugh reflects on the journey
Loyal Fuller Center supporter matches a $12,000 donation
Injured Bicycle Adventure member Tom Weber rejoins the team
Volunteers help build around the country: VIDEOS
Tornado recovery efforts: VIDEOS
Injured bike adventure rider Tom Weber rejoins the team
The Derby City Build restores the Shawnee neighborhood in Louisville, KY.
Volunteers celebrate Make a Difference Day by repairing a home in Tallahassee
Fullers build, continue legacy in El Salvador
Bicycle Adventure finishes 1,400-mile journey
North Carolina Fuller Center’s first major project underway
Legacy Build: The Maxwell House
An Alaskan District Judge and his son team up to volunteer
A Fuller Center Hero – The Youngest Donor
Volunteers drive work and success of Disaster ReBuilders
Spotlight on RV Builders: The Usserys
VIDEO: Why do you volunteer? Featuring Disaster ReBuilders volunteers.

International stories

Mother in El Salvador considered sneaking into the U.S., but Fuller Center home changed her mind.
VIDEOS: Families in El Salvador express gratitude for new homes.
Home building ramps up in India.
Helping stop Ebola at its source in Sierra Leone.
Global Builders t-shirts much more than they appear — a fair-trade success story.
Lott Carey Herald update on Fuller Center’s work in Haiti.
Largest-ever Global Builders team thrilled with week in Nicaragua
Building in Armenia helps woman rediscover her roots
India congratulated for completing 20th home
Friendly Ghana opens its arms to volunteers
Gratitude abounds after Global Builders trip to Peru
Fuller Center Armenia celebrates 5th anniversary
Many smiles, tears on first Global Builders trip to Nicaragua
Grass-roots Fuller Center sets standard for recovery in Haiti
Frequent Fuller Center volunteer to make extended stay helping Armenian families
Refrigerator purchase in U.S. begets home for Sierra Leone widow
Man honors parents by sponsoring home in Peru
Team from Singapore makes first Global Builders trip to Nepal
An unforgettable mother-daughter journey to Peru
After volunteering in El Salvador, church group helps girl get new prosthetic leg
Cultures collide in wonderful ways as Brazilian team works with Fuller Center in Haiti
VIDEO: A mother and daughter in Peru tell how becoming Fuller Center homeowner partners changed their lives.
Colorful character leads building of a thriving community in El Salvador
Global Builders hits 1,000 mark with One Small House’s help in Haiti
Smiles amid shacks in Nicaragua, where Fuller Center adds new covenant partner
Fuller Center’s work in Nepal grows
Fuller Center team builds homes and peace in North Korea
The Fuller Center expands reach to Honduras
Legacy Build 2011: International Fuller Center homeowners volunteer in Louisiana
All women’s team finds hope in Haiti
Widowed mother of two in Armenia selected as new homeowner
Seeds of hope in Haiti one year after earthquake
Trip to Africa marks milestone
Well-traveled team visits Peru with Global Builders
India’s Fuller Center dedicates first house
Nigeria dedicates 50th house
Peru build brings hope to La Florida
Fullers build, continue legacy in El Salvador
Global Builders team arrives in Armenia to finish 10-year project
Family in Haiti loses everything, finds new hope

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