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Fuller Center covenant partners help communities in myriad ways beyond housing

Fuller Center covenant partners help communities in myriad ways beyond housing

(Photo: Fuller Center of Greater New York City Executive Director Jim Killoran at the “Psalms 91 Distribution Center,” which he named this section of their ReUse Store in New Rochelle, N.Y.) Most Fuller Center covenant partners — both international and in the United States — have seen their construction and repair work temporarily slowed by […]

FAITH IN ACTION: UCC church members from Elkhurst, Illinois, put faith in motion

FAITH IN ACTION: UCC church members from Elkhurst, Illinois, put faith in motion

(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.) The youth of St. Peter’s United Church of Christ of Elkhurst, Illinois, go on a mission trip every summer, but the […]

Church group from Illinois again helping families have decent homes in Macon, Georgia

Church group from Illinois again helping families have decent homes in Macon, Georgia

A group of 27 volunteers from St. Peter’s United Church of Christ of Elmhurst, Illinois, is spending this week in much warmer Macon, Georgia. But they’re not lounging in the sun; they’re working up a sweat as they restore a once-vacant home to like-new condition for a hard-working mother of four. Volunteer Scott Ahlgrim says […]

Hard-working single mother now has like-new home for holidays in Macon, Georgia

Hard-working single mother now has like-new home for holidays in Macon, Georgia

(Photo: Fuller Center for Housing of Macon Executive Director Dianne Fuller with homeowner partner Yolanda Gilbert at Saturday’s house dedication.) Thanks to Wells Fargo’s donation of a once-blighted home that was renovated through the hard work of many volunteers, single mother Yolanda Gilbert and her son now have a like-new home for the holidays. WMAZ-TV’s […]