Speakers on program, L-R: President and Mrs. Carter, Morris S. Dees, Linda Fuller, Doyle Fuller, David Snell seated by wife Sheilla and Phyllis and LeRoy Troyer, chair of Fuller Center for Housing board of trustees. mlj
L-R: President and Mrs. Carter, Morris S. Dees, Linda Fuller, Doyle Fuller, David Snell seated by wife Sheilla and Phyllis and LeRoy Troyer, chair of Fuller Center for Housing board of trustees. mlj
Invocation by Rev. Kennedy, Pilgrim Baptist Church. crl
Linda Fuller, wife of her late husband Millard Fuller, the co-founders of Habitat for Humanity and Fuller Center for Housing. This day would have been their 50th wedding anniversary. mlj
09 --30 Linda Fuller speaks at Celebration Kickoff for Millard Fuller Legacy Build (Lanett, AL)
Morris S. Dees, Jr., Millard's business and law partner when they both were in their twenties. mlj
Younger Singers of West Georgia
President Jimmy Carter tells about his recent visit to Israel, West Bank and Gaza. Speaks words of admiration for his friend Millard Fuller, "one of the greatest human beings in our times."
President Jimmy Carter
09 08-30 President Jimmy Carter at Millard Fuller Legacy Build Kickoff Celebration. cl
09 08-30 International Children's Choir sings at Celebration. cl
Young Singers of West Georgia
Debbie Tollett, Habitat homeowner and Fuller Center volunteer...a life forever changed. crl
Susan Gretchen Ferguson makes a surprise presentation to Linda Fuller from both Alabama and Georgia legislatures stating that a long stretch of Highway 29 from LaGrange, GA, through Lanett and West Point will be officially named the "Millard Fuller Memorial Highway." crl
Linda Fuller is filled with joy and emotion when she learns about an initiative by Alabama and Georgia State legislatures to name the Millard Fuller Memorial Highway going through Millard's boyhood area. cl
David Snell, President of Fuller Center of Housing, speaks about his leadership role in keeping Millard Fuller's vision of eradicating poverty housing alive. "Every house is sermon of God's love and His peace." While hard hats were being circulated throughout the isles, David told about a recent trip to the heart of Africa in the Congo (DRC) to dedicate Fuller Center houses. Read more about it in his blog on this website. crl
Scouts pass hard hats for offering. More than $4,000 rendered by Celebration attendees. crl
David Snell, president of Fuller Center for Housing with chair LeRoy Troyer standing directly behind him. Merle Graber (blue shirt) is a longtime house leader for Jimmy Carter Work Projects and now for special Fuller Center .builds. crl
Bill Scott, president of Chattahoochee Fuller Center Project gives a "high five" following a hugely successful Kickoff Celebration. crl
Martha Scott (left) with one of her helpers.
President Jimmy Carter with former First Lady Rosalynn Carter on their way to the auditorium. crl
President Carter shaking hands with Clarence Spier of Indio, California. mlj
President Carter warmly greets a longtime acquaintance. crl
Doyle Fuller talks with FCH board member, DJ Bakken. crl
Faith Fuller (left) and Millard's cousin, Irene Pyles (right). crl
Linda Fuller is delighted that her dear friend Jery Huntley of the Vinyl Siding Institute was able to attend the Celebration as well as bring people with her to work on the Build. Her organization donated enough vinyl siding for several houses. Jery Huntley, OYEE!
FCH board members John Schaub, David Snell and Tamara Danel with build participant Bill Johnson of Tampa, FL. mlj
Clarence and Janet Spier of Indio, California are FCH volunteer "store keepers" for the week. Janet is Linda Fuller's older sister and only sibling. mlj
