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Fuller Center Happenings
March 20, 2010
Three years might seem like a long time to wait for a house, especially if you are living in a one-room shack with a teenage boy. But Minnie Hawkins, recipient of a Fuller Center house in Minden, La., spoke only of appreciation and patience.
"Nothing is going to happen until the Lord is ready for it to happen," Minnie said. "If you don't have patience, life will pass you by. You
March 19, 2010
Wednesday was day two for the California/Oregon team working on one of Fuller Center Webster Parish's two 5th anniversary build houses. The small group of mostly-experienced volunteers finished the walls, installed half of the windows and raised several roof trusses on a half-acre plot of land in Springhill, La.
The project is being led by Garvin and Betty Jabusch of Loomis, CA. Garvin, 80, is a
March 18, 2010
Hard-working student volunteers from the University of Idaho are digging in deep with shovels on the Belle Chasse site of the new home for a Katrina victim.
View PHOTOS from the build here.
After more than three years of working toward a goal of home ownership, Delores Black is finally watching her new home being constructed. The footings are dug and walls are being prepared this week with the
March 18, 2010
The Fuller Center's 5th Anniversary Build is well underway throughout Louisiana with the construction of five homes. The event is a culmination of nearly five years of building efforts that grew out of our response to the housing crisis created by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
See below for stories and updates from each of the three
March 18, 2010
By Nicole Blake Johnson
The Shreveport Times
On Tuesday, Yolanda Braziel didn't have a roof over her head, literally.
Her four-bedroom home she is helping to build in Shreveport's Allendale neighborhood is taking form quickly and already has walls, a roof and a concrete floor.
The house is one of two being built by The Fuller Center for Housing of Northwest Louisiana and dozens of student
March 18, 2010
By Jim Potts
NWLA News
Students from Bossier Parish Community College's Student Associated General Contractors Chapter joined with the Northwest Louisiana Fuller Center for Housing to build two houses in two weeks.
Throughout the semester students in the Construction Technology and Management program learned the principals of construction. However, this was the first time they got to
March 17, 2010
When Cornerstone Evangelical Church in Arkansas, a congregation of about 30, decided to respond to the Fuller Center Haiti Home Church Challenge, the overwhelming results surprised even them.
After discussing the challenge to sponsor a home at a congregational meeting, minister Walt Barfield counted the promised gifts at $3,800. But by the end of last Sunday's worship service, the total jumped to
March 16, 2010
By Anastasia Harbuck of the Eufala Tribune
Published: March 16, 2010
Eufaula resident Don May came to know his friend, Millard Fuller, when they were both young kids. May attended Valley High School while Fuller attended Lanett High School. The schools were fierce rivals, but that didn’t keep the boys from becoming close friends.
“We grew up together,” May explained. “(
March 15, 2010
Shreveport, La. is where Fuller Center building first began in 2005, and it's where the walls of two homes are going up this week and next as part of the 5th Anniversary Build celebration.
Shreveport's Yolanda Braziel had to use her work gloves to wipe tears from her cheeks as she watched about 50 volunteers--many of whom are college students--putting walls up around the foundation of her new
March 12, 2010
By Andrew Nelson
GA Tech's The Technique
When passionate Tech students aren’t spending their 72-hour days on studying, they are dedicating 72-hour days to a noble cause.
Jesse Clark, an MCRP grad student, and several others from student organizations have spent the last month organizing the GT Jam for Haiti: a benefit concert to relief for Haiti.
The concert will host four prominent local
