By the end of 2019, there will be 18 new Fuller Center homes for families impacted by the March 3 tornado in Lee County, Alabama — thanks the tremendous support of volunteers, businesses, local leaders and the faith community. One of those faith communities — Restoration Church of Auburn — braved sweltering temperatures on Sunday […]
(Photo: First United Methodist Church of Americus) For the first time, The Fuller Center for Housing’s Millard Fuller Legacy Build will be held in Americus, Georgia. The build, featuring new home builds and rehab projects is the week of April 15-20, 2018. The Americus-Sumter Fuller Center for Housing will be coordinating the build. But that’s […]
For the second time, the annual Millard Fuller Legacy Build will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana, hosted by the highly productive, all-volunteer Fuller Center for Housing of Central Indiana, President David Snell announced today. The timing of today’s announcement is especially fitting as January 3 is the birthday of The Fuller Center’s founder, Millard Fuller, […]
For 17-year-old Sam Girian of Manchester, Mass., the 2016 Millard Fuller Legacy Build in Vanadzor, Armenia, wasn’t just another service trip. It was an opportunity to learn about himself and the world around him. The high school junior isn’t short on life experience: He lives away from his family at a rigorous college preparatory boarding […]
I spent the last three days in Valley, AL at the 2016 Millard Fuller Legacy Build. I left the build yesterday feeling a wide range of emotions: sadness for leaving mid-week, fulfillment for what we had accomplished in just three days, and largely challenged for a reason I could not quite pinpoint. After taking a […]
Two years ago Max and Robin Pierre relocated from their home in Massachusetts to the town of Lanett, AL to be closer to Robin’s father. Shortly after moving to Valley, Robin’s father introduced her to Kim Roberts, director of the Chattahoochee Valley Fuller Center Project. The two became fast friends, and Robin began volunteering with […]
Dozens of volunteers from across the nation are working in unseasonably hot Valley, Alabama, this week to help four families have simple, decent places to lie during the 2016 Millard Fuller Legacy Build. Actually, it’s the second half of a Legacy Build double-feature as a dozen Armenian families got new homes during the international portion […]
As swarms of volunteers descended upon the Millard Fuller Legacy Build in Valley, Ala., early Monday morning, one volunteer stood out from the rest. LaTonya Whitlow wasn’t just there to help build a home; she was there to change her family’s life. LaTonya is a mother of three: D’andre, Trevian, and Caylon. LaTonya herself is […]
