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May 28, 2020 We finished up Hattie’s house this week in Pamlico County East of New Bern this week. She’s been living in a trailer next to her house since Hurricane Florence and this past Monday she finally got to sleep in her house. It has been fantastic to get to know Hattie and finally
May 27, 2020 Last week I had the opportunity to make some "aging in place" improvements to the home of my friend and church’s retired secretary (I’ll call her Mary). Done as a mission of Trinity Evangelical Church not FCDR, it certainly strongly reinforced FCDR’s passion for making these improvements in homes we rebuild. Mary
May 25, 2020 Once again, we can’t thank Operation Blessing enough! The new shower trailer has arrived!! ❤️❤️ This was delivered to us in Panama City over the weekend. We really appreciate the blessings these great folks provide us with! Toni Karam Ratliff/FCDR Family Partner FL
May 23, 2020 God always sends us what we need, right when we need it most. One evening in February, this guy shows up on our doorstep and wants to volunteer. Three months later, we sadly said our goodbyes, while spending the afternoon with one of his favorite homeowners. Chuck Baldacchino has become a good
May 22, 2020 With all the gloom and doom about the COVID-19 virus, most of which is valid, work on Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders houses across the nation has slowed down greatly. However, the staff in the Galveston County area of Texas have not stopped. Without dozens of volunteers helping each week, it is slow.
May 21, 2020 Here are some progress photos of this week from Raleigh Street in New Bern. We hope it quits raining so that we can finish up the exterior work next week. Our thanks to Pete, one of our board members, coming down this week to help us. Hopefully we can get his home
May 13, 2020 This is a text exchange with Darlene from Pamlico County NC today where we are using a contractor (Darrin with ProConstruction and they have done so much with us in the last few months to bring help to those in need much faster) to replace HVAC system and do some interior repairs.
May 13, 2020 We have been working on Robert’s house quite a bit this week. Starting to run the flooring. We redid the front porch and are redoing the side porch which was in pretty bad shape. Also working on the new back porch. Also getting most of the inside of the house painted- Robert
May 1, 2020 So we’ve put the finishing touches on Consuelo’s home in New Bern NC. We started late last year with replacing the damaged metal roof (had a tarp on it) and the home had several collapsed floors. We ended up gutting most of the house and added some nice features for Consuelo and