Hundreds of Volunteers Spending Labor Day Vacation Building Homes for Low-Income Families as Part of Worldwide Housing Event

ATLANTA, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Millard Fuller Legacy Build is
bringing together hundreds of volunteers across America to use Labor Day as a
day of service. Instead of grilling or heading to the beach this Labor Day
weekend, more than 1,000 volunteers will be traveling with their tool belts to
work projects that stem from Indianapolis to Nigeria.

Sept. 3 marks the beginning of the second annual Millard Fuller Legacy Build, a
worldwide weeklong effort organized by the Fuller Center for Housing to help
eliminate substandard housing.

The event — named in honor of the late Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for
Humanity and the Fuller Center for Housing — will bring 300 of those volunteers
to Indianapolis, the U.S. host city for this year’s event. Volunteers will build
or restore homes for 25 families all in the same neighborhood that for years has
been stricken by crime and seen massive deterioration of homes.

This global build project will touch the hearts of families in 40 locations
around the world where more than 100 homes will be built, repaired or dedicated
during the week of Sept. 3-11.

“Over the next week, Fuller Center partners will be dedicating over 100 houses
– from our Legacy Build hub in Indianapolis, to places as distant as Idaho and
Nepal,” said David Snell, Fuller Center president. “This will be a great
demonstration of our commitment to eliminating poverty housing one house at a
time.”

The build is well timed. The United States is seeing some of the worst
foreclosure rates in every major city. In addition, the United Nations estimates
more than 1 billion people worldwide live in urban slums, in need of safe,
decent, affordable shelter.

The Legacy Build gives hope to those who cannot qualify for conventional home
loans, or afford to purchase or renovate homes. In Atlanta, Ga., where homes are
foreclosing at alarming rates, six home renovation projects will be dedicated on
Sept. 11. In Lanett, Ala., two new homes will be dedicated for families who
can’t afford to pay interest on a loan. And in the Luvu Village, just outside of
Abuja, Nigeria, at least two families will move into their new homes for the
first time.

“I am grateful for the hundreds of ways Millard has been honored over his
lifetime. However, I can tell you that what meant the most to him was a family
moving from substandard housing to a decent home of their own,” said Linda
Fuller, Millard’s wife of nearly 50 years.

About The Fuller Center

The Fuller Center for Housing is an ecumenical Christian non-profit started in
2005 by Habitat for Humanity founder Millard Fuller as a way to continue his
vision of a grassroots movement working to eliminate poverty housing worldwide.
Visit http://www.FullerCenter.org for more information.

Contact: Faith Fuller, 229-924-2900 or 229-924-7130
ffuller@fullercenter.org

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SOURCE The Fuller Center for Housing