When Hurricane Katrina roared ashore in Louisiana 11 years ago, the Bennett family in Pearl River was among many who lost their home to the storm. And, like many other families along the Gulf Coast, Timothy and Danielle Bennett and their children are still feeling the effects, having spent the past 10 years living in […]
In March, flooding ravaged parts of Louisiana. Among the hardest hit was Tangipahoa Parish, where at least 1,000 homes took on water. That’s where the Ginger Ford Northshore Fuller Center for Housing has worked for years to build new homes and repair scores of existing homes. This week, their efforts to help families still recovering […]
Last week, as much as 20 inches of rain fell in some parts of Louisiana in less than 48 hours. One of the hardest-hit parishes is Tangipahoa, where the very busy and effective Ginger Ford Northshore Fuller Center for Housing is based. Ginger Ford Northshore Executive Director Tamara Danel was raised in nearby New Orleans, […]
With the help of some Amish friends working through The Fuller Center’s U.S. Builders program, the Ginger Ford Northshore Fuller Center for Housing raised the walls this week on their 24th new home build — this one on East Park Street in Hammond, Louisiana, for Daphne Vernon and her son, Aaron. Later this month four […]
Making your way around the streets of Las Peñitas, Nicaragua, is no easy task, and it only gets more difficult as you walk up the rocky, washed-out dirt paths into the fishing village where Fuller Center for Housing volunteers are helping hard-working families build simple, decent homes. As hard as it is for volunteers to […]
It was more than 10 years ago that Tim and Danielle Bennett’s home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Since then, the Pearl River, Louisiana, couple and their four children have lived in a shelter, a tent and a FEMA trailer. But thanks to the Ginger Ford Northshore Fuller Center for Housing and a grass-roots group […]
