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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 …

About Us
November 19, 2009 – 2:18 pm | No Comment

The Fuller Center for Housing of Northwest, LA, faith driven and Christ centered, promotes collaborative and innovative partnerships with individuals and organizations in an unrelenting quest to provide adequate housing for families living in poverty …

Night Out showcases revitalized neighborhood
November 4, 2009 – 5:36 pm | No Comment
Night Out showcases revitalized neighborhood

Shreveport’s Clay Street was one of about 90 residential byways transformed into a block party Tuesday evening, fostering a sense of community and sending a message to criminals that they are unwelcome.
For Allendale, Night Out’s …

Fuller lifted Shreveport to higher ground
February 15, 2009 – 9:49 pm | No Comment
Fuller lifted Shreveport to higher ground

The morning that I met Millard Fuller, when he came to Shreveport after Hurricane Katrina, he asked us to stand on our chairs and sing an old hymn, “Higher Ground.” There were about 20 of …

Blitz build needs help to bring residents hope
September 22, 2008 – 10:12 pm | No Comment
Blitz build needs help to bring residents hope

Shotgun houses are just a memory on Clay Street.
Even the surrounding blocks in the north part of Allendale have rid themselves of the three-room homes that had become little more than shacks, havens for drugs …