Napoleon Darby lost family members and his home was destroyed when an EF-4 tornado ripped through Lee County, Alabama, on March 3. He will be among the first three homeowner partners when the Chattahoochee Fuller Center Project begins building three new homes in Lee County at the end of this month with financial support from […]
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Wittenberg University student writes of how storm shook up spring break service trip
Springfield, Ohio’s Wittenberg University has become a tremendous booster of The Fuller Center for Housing’s work — especially each spring break when dozens of Wittenberg students spend a week working with covenant partners in the Southeast. As part of Wittenberg’s “#LifeAtWitt” series, the Class of 2020’s Mallory Moss has shared a blog post about how […]
Millard Fuller Legacy Build coming to tornado-ravaged Beauregard, Alabama
UPDATE: Registration for the 2019 is now open at this link! The rural Alabama community of Beauregard — an unincorporated area of about 10,000 people just east of Auburn — was devastated March 3 by a massive EF-4 tornado that carved a nearly mile-wide path of destruction. It killed 23 people ranging in age from […]
College students give much-needed boost to storm recovery in Albany, Georgia
Wittenberg University students bring a surge of energy to the communities in which they serve others during their alternative spring breaks, and that lift definitely was needed in Albany, Georgia, where they are working to help families impacted by two storms — including a tornado. As the Albany Herald reports, perhaps no one is more […]