Louisiana family featured in “Good Morning America” report celebrates home restoration HAMMOND, Louisiana — When Hurricane Ida roared ashore in southern Louisiana, residents of communities farther inland knew they were likely to be impacted, but few expected the severity of the storm so far from the coast, such as in communities like Hammond, Louisiana. The […]
Baton Rouge newspaper catches up with Bicycle Adventurers as they help hurricane victims in Hammond, Louisiana HAMMOND, La. — Baton Rouge Advocate reporter Vic Couvillion caught up with a group of 25 Fuller Center Bicycle Adventure cyclists as they hopped off their bikes midway through the inaugural two-week Gulf Coast ride for a pair of […]
“Good Morning America,” Robin Roberts feature recovery work in Hammond, Louisiana HAMMOND, Louisiana — The Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders were able to set up a base in hard-hit Hammond, Louisiana, immediately after Hurricane Ida struck in late August because they already had plenty of established connections in Southeast Louisiana — most notably the Ginger Ford […]
Photo: Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders Director Bart Tucker (right) with AmeriCorps volunteers in Hammond, Louisiana. Photo courtesy David Danel Disaster ReBuilders helping families recover after Ida from new base in Hammond, Louisiana HAMMOND, Louisiana — The Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders are shutting down their Texas operation at the end of this month, but that doesn’t […]
(Photo: Krystal Dillon and her three children partnered to become Fuller Center homeowners in 2015 in Independence, Louisiana. Last month, her sister became a Fuller Center homeowner in Hammond, Louisiana.) When the Ginger Ford Northshore Fuller Center dedicated the home of April Dillon and her family in Hammond, La., last month, they knew exactly what […]
Many Fuller Center for Housing new home builds have gotten a huge head start thanks to CrossRoads Missions and enthusiastic volunteers from churches across the nation. CrossRoads sends lumber packages to churches, who often put dozens of volunteers to work on their grounds assembling walls that will be stood up and placed in the shape […]
(This is the latest installment of our “Faith in Action” series. If you have a story of how involvement with The Fuller Center has impacted your faith, please let us know at this link.) Kristen Rimmer already had five back surgeries under her belt by the age of 25 — all stemming from a car […]
When a large tree falls on your home during a storm, the immediate aftermath of clean-up and repairs can be a brief ordeal. For Carmen Mapes of Hammond, Louisiana, however, this became an eight-year ordeal. She and her son have used tarps on the roof and buckets to catch rain inside their home since then. […]
