http://fullercenternwla.org Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:47:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 members tell Nbc 6 News the closet grocery store is about ten miles from their ... http://fullercenternwla.org/new-grocery-store-in-allendale Ms Delisa Robinson was working off shore when her family evacuated from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Everything that her and her son owned was destroyed. Her family and her son resided in a shelter in Shreveport and she joined them about a month later from Memphis, Tenn. ... http://fullercenternwla.org/delisa-robinson Ms Yolanda Braziel an independent single mother of 7 working to provide for her family. When her place of employment caught on fire. Financially and emotionally devastated, she was forced to move her family into her deceased grandmother’s vacant and vandalized house. Unable to make the necessary ... http://fullercenternwla.org/yolanda-braziel A local Shreveport woman is getting ready to receive a big gift. In December NBC 6 News introduced you to Yolanda Braziel who is a single mother of seven. Her home was in ruins until several community members and businesses stepped up and made major repairs. Now Braziel's getting something she ... http://fullercenternwla.org/single-mother-of-seven-awaits-a-lifelong-dream The Fuller Center is sending groups to lend helping hands around the world, to places like El Salvador, Peru, Nigeria, Armenia, Haiti, Sri Lanka, North Korea, and the Philippines. Join one! http://fullercenternwla.org/fuller-center-global-builders-see-the-world-and-change-lives 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 cultural ambassadors to ensure guests are comfortable and looked after during their stay in the ... http://fullercenternwla.org/center-announces-volunteer-opportunities Founder of Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI, as well as the Fuller Centre for Housing, the late Millard Fuller, was last Tuesday remembered in Abuja by a group called the Fuller Centre Nigeria. The Fuller Centre Nigeria displayed pictures of the deceased humanitarian covering his days as a child to when ... http://fullercenternwla.org/nigeria-group-honours-house-builder-in-abuja Congressional Record - Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I come to the floor today to pay tribute to a great American who we lost earlier this month. Millard Fuller, the founder and former president of Habitat for Humanity, was a personal friend to me and many Members of Congress. Many ... http://fullercenternwla.org/congressional-record-tribute-to-millard-fuller It’s been a just year since our old friend Millard Fuller moved on to build houses on higher ground. And what a year it’s been. Millard was one of a kind. It was though he was specifically designed to do the work he did — intelligence, an effervescent personality, amazing communications ... http://fullercenternwla.org/a-tribute-to-millard-fuller-%e2%80%94-one-year-later Covenant Partners gathered for two days of workshops and information sharing. In between general sessions there were workshops covering topics ranging from Disaster Preparedness to green building initiatives. The conference concluded with a tour of the Shreveport neighborhood Allendale. The site for Fuller Center for Housing's first building initiative, "Building on ... http://fullercenternwla.org/2nd-annual-covenant-partner-conference-video