Pictured from left: Daniel Kay, Brian Gleason and Terry Gleason Veteran volunteer Terry Gleason brings family members along for this Legacy Build OPELIKA, Alabama — Terry Gleason has volunteered on many builds with The Fuller Center and other organizations through the years. He usually comes alone, though he sees many familiar faces on job sites […]
Photo: Few volunteers have been to more blitz builds than has California’s Terry Gleason. You can read more about Terry in the last profile of this post. Legacy Build volunteers explain what drew them to Lanett this year LANETT, Alabama — The Millard Fuller Legacy Build always brings a mix of volunteers to the job […]
Photo: The 500th Fuller Center Global Builders team is working this week in La Florida, Peru. Global Builders program hits 500-trip milestone Since 2008, The Fuller Center for Housing’s Global Builders program has been supporting international building partners by sending volunteer teams to help build homes. These teams bring willing hands and funds that help […]
Rhode Island couple pen outstanding travelogue about Global Builders trip to Armenia If you want to know what a Fuller Center Global Builders trip to Armenia is like, just ask John and June Mangassarian, a service-minded couple from Providence, Rhode Island. Actually, you don’t have to ask them because they’ve described such a trip in […]
Dalton, Ohio’s Ryan Pierce recently joined a Fuller Center Global Builders trip to Peru, where he helped volunteers build with a family in the thriving community of La Florida. It was an experience that changed his life, and he has used his talents to produce a video encouraging others to give of themselves and have […]
(Photo: Fuller Center for Housing Global Builders Coordinator Maegan Pierce, Registrar Stacey Goolsby, Bob and Leslie Bell and Director of International Field Operations Ryan Iafigliola during the Bells’ visit to Fuller Center headquarters in Americus on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017) Bob and Leslie Bell ought to be the most famous folks from the small, coastal […]
The waters are receding in east Texas, and the waterlogged area is beginning to transition from emergency mode to the dirty, extensive work of long-term recovery. Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders leader Bart Tucker said Tuesday that his group anticipates having a base camp established soon in the Texas City area, where they hope to host […]
Each year The Fuller Center for Housing’s Global Builders program sends dozens of teams to countries around the world to build homes alongside local laborers and families in need. From exotic Asian destinations like Nepal, Thailand and Sri Lanka to Africa to closer-to-home nations like Haiti, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Bolivia and Peru, our volunteers help […]
