AccuWeather report on Louisiana flooding features Disaster ReBuilders’ work It’s hardly unusual to see the Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders come into a storm-ravaged community and begin helping families on the long road to recovery. It is a little unusual for disasters to happen after the ReBuilders are already on the ground in the location. That’s […]
(Photo: Aaron Ratliff presents a key to 87-year-old homeowner partner Mary J. Koonce in New Bern, N.C. She asked only for the Disaster ReBuilders to replace the tarp that had covered her roof since Hurricane Florence struck in September of 2018. Instead, they replaced her entire roof, made her bathroom more accessible and added a […]
(Photo: Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders Volunteer Coordinator Mary Glover with “Miss Elgie) The Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders’ ongoing work to help Louisiana residents in the Livingston Parish area who are still dealing with the effects of last year’s historic flooding is getting a huge boost from the United Church of Christ Disaster Ministries. The Disaster […]
Tamara Danel, Executive Director of the Ginger Ford Northshore Fuller Center for Housing in Hammond, Louisiana, recruited a few friends for a Facebook live session in which they encourage you to join them at the April 24-27 Higher Ground on the Bayou Flood Recovery Build and/or the April 28-29 Fuller Center Annual Conference. Watch the […]
The Livingston Parish News reports on a luncheon meeting of the Livingston Young Professionals, during which leaders spoke about the work of the Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders, who have set up a base in Denham Springs, Louisiana, to help residents recover from the disastrous flooding of 2016. “They will need volunteers,” said Jamie Seal, of […]
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The Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders are a fiercely dedicated group. That dedication is leading them to their newest location in 2017: Denham Springs, Louisiana. Located just east of Baton Rouge, Denham Springs is a small, rural community that was heavily impacted by the disastrous flooding of last August. Bart Tucker, head of Disaster ReBuilders, has […]
Another year is moving into the history books, and what a year it has been! It seems as though we had an extra dose of challenges to deal with over the past 12 months and the news was full of tragedy and sadness. But we survived! And in the midst of all the heartache and […]
