April 15, 2020 During yesterday's community meeting, members of AmeriCorps NCCC-Traditional Corps team River 4 received letters from U.S. Senator Rick Scott thanking them for their service to communities across Florida and the nation. River 4 served alongside Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders (FCDR) to help disaster survivors recover from Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Florida. Official Image from AmeriCorps
April 9, 2020 We started this home in Cove City NC yesterday. Cove City is about 20 minutes west of New Bern. Believe it or not, this home still had a blue tarp on it yesterday morning from Hurricane Florence but was still having leaks in the house. New roof as of end of day
April 8, 2020 Finished up Ms. Alicia’s home in Pamlico County NC today. Subfloors had dry rotted. Showing finished pictures and pictures shortly after subfloor was pulled out. Also had numerous drywall repairs and a rusted out hot water heater. Ms Alicia is excited to get her and her baby daughter moved back in her
April 2, 2020 Some updated pictures today from Robert’s house on Raleigh Street. Hugh and his crew continue to plug away. We hope to complete Raleigh Street, Pleasant Hill and Oak Street this month- missing our volunteers but your safety is important to us. Still much to do in the New Bern area when you
March 13, 2020 These ladies from Wittenberg University spent the week working on our homes with us this week. Our homeowners are still smiling!!! Thank you ladies! Photo Credit to Chris Johnson from Fuller Center for Housing
March 24, 2020 Now that Harris and Galveston Counties are under shelter in place orders, I will not be taking too many more photos. Perhaps some exterior photos, but not any interiors. However, there are still many to be posted, so enjoy! These photos are of the new ReBuild in Texas City. Many groups have
Even though COVID 19 has affected so many, our volunteers this past week kept on going. We had to reprioritize work plans for our homes, in order to keep everyone as safe as possible. For our older and immunocompromised homeowners, this meant switching up to working on the exterior of the homes, as opposed to
March 21, 2020 We started roof repairs on Miss Dorothy’s home in Bayboro NC (20 miles east of New Bern in Pamlico County) today. Yesterday we moved her furnishings, etc to a storage container so we can finish the interior work quicker. The interior is in very bad shape. We are having to rely more
March 20, 2020 As most of you know, I don’t get the opportunity to spend quality time with volunteer groups very often. Well, this week was one of those weeks when I did. And it was with one of my favorite groups—OK, I don’t have favorite groups but if I did Salem LC would be
March 18. 2020 Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders celebrated another dedication of a house destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in La Marque, TX. Some may remember the posts with photos of when the house was demolished, the pile of rubble, the installation of the piers and beams, and the ongoing progress made over the last several months.