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BPCC students help build new homes
March 19, 2010 – 2:16 pm | No Comment
BPCC students help build new homes

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 …

Fuller House builds 42nd home in Allendale
March 19, 2010 – 1:52 pm | No Comment
Fuller House builds 42nd home in Allendale

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 …

New Grocery Store in Allendale
February 27, 2010 – 7:46 pm | No Comment
New Grocery Store in Allendale

A building that’s been vacant for years will soon reopen its doors. Northwest Louisiana’s Fuller Center for Housing plans to turn what use to be a liquor store into a neighborhood grocery store. Allendale community …

Center announces volunteer opportunities
February 14, 2010 – 7:49 pm | No Comment
Center announces volunteer opportunities

The Northwest Louisiana Volunteer Center has announced volunteer opportunities.
# The Fuller Center for Housing will host 50 Cameroonians from West Africa the week of March 15-21 for its next housing build. The center needs 25 …

Partnership builds houses and hope
December 5, 2009 – 5:56 pm | No Comment
Partnership builds houses and hope

Soon after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, damaging more than 200,000 homes and displacing more than one million people in Louisiana alone, Community Renewal International joined forces with The Fuller …

Options expanded in Shreveport's Allendale neighborhood
November 28, 2009 – 9:36 am | No Comment
Options expanded in Shreveport's Allendale neighborhood

Residents of Shreveport’s Allendale and Ledbetter Heights neighborhoods this year say they are extra grateful for options for food, whether it’s from a locally owned grocery store or a community garden.
The area’s story is no …