Tag: puerto rico

Volunteers from St. Francis Builds find people “filled with hope and faith” in Puerto Rico

Volunteers from St. Francis Builds find people “filled with hope and faith” in Puerto Rico

The Catholic Standard caught up with a group of 19 volunteers from St. Francis Builds — a project of St. Camillus Parish in Silver Spring, Maryland — to hear about their experience working the Fuller Center Global Builders in the area of Maunabo, Puerto Rico, where they found there is much work left to do […]

Fuller Living with Kimara Marquez

FULLER LIVING Kimara Marquez North las vegas, nevada Kimara wanted to go with her two adult children on a Global Builders trip to Puerto Rico. When they were unable to join her, she went anyway. She’s glad she did! Click to honor Kimara with a donation About this series “Fuller Living” blog posts feature the […]

Volunteers from Minnesota praise Fuller Center’s work, local leadership in Puerto Rico

Volunteers from Minnesota praise Fuller Center’s work, local leadership in Puerto Rico

The Bluff Country Reader newspaper of Spring Valley, Minn., recently chatted with Jolene Hartwick, Joyce Iverson, and Terri Benson — three local women who were part of an 18-person Fuller Center Global Builders team that journeyed to the hurricane-ravaged island of Puerto Rico in January. They talked about the kind of work they did, how […]

Catholic News Service: The Fuller experience of helping in Puerto Rico

Catholic News Service: The Fuller experience of helping in Puerto Rico

The Catholic News Service has an extensive new report on a team of 18 volunteers from St. Francis Builds, a program based in St. Camillus Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, who recently spent a week working with The Fuller Center for Housing’s new covenant partner in Puerto Rico through the Global Builders program. The […]

Fuller Center to begin work in one of Puerto Rico’s hardest-hit areas — and you can help

Fuller Center to begin work in one of Puerto Rico’s hardest-hit areas — and you can help

Though it was more than six months ago that Hurricane Maria bashed Puerto Rico as a strong Category 4 storm, many parts of the island look like they were just struck yesterday. More than 100,000 residents remain without electricity. One of the hardest-hit areas was the southeastern portion of the island, across the mid-island mountains […]

We are looking for partners to help Puerto Rico recover over the long haul

We are looking for partners to help Puerto Rico recover over the long haul

Note: If you are interested in possibly volunteering to help rebuild homes in Puerto Rico in the future, please click here to take our survey.     A message from Fuller Center President David Snell about plans for working in Puerto Rico:   I’ve been asked whether The Fuller Center for Housing has plans for […]