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About
Us
Our
Vision
A world
where everyone has a decent place to live.
Our Mission Statement
Seeking
to put God’s love into action, The Fuller Center for
Housing brings people together to build homes, communities
and hope.
MISSION PRINCIPLES
1.
Demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ.
We undertake our work to demonstrate the love and teachings
of Jesus, acting in all ways in accord with the belief
that God’s love and grace abound for all, and that
we must be “hands and feet” of that love and
grace in our world. We
believe that, through faith, the minuscule can be multiplied
to accomplish the magnificent, and that, in faith, respectful
relationships can grow among all people.
2.
Focus on shelter.
We have chosen, as our means of manifesting God’s
love, to create opportunities for all people to live in
decent, durable
shelter. We put faith into action by helping to build, renovate
or preserve homes, and by partnering with others
to accelerate and broaden access to affordable housing as
a foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty.
3.
Advocate for affordable housing.
In response to the prophet Micah’s call to do justice,
to love mercy and to walk humbly with God, we promote decent,
affordable housing for all, and we support the global community’s
commitment to housing as a basic human right. We
will advocate for just and fair housing policy to eliminate
the constraints that contribute to poverty housing. And,
in
all of our work, we will seek to put shelter on hearts and
minds in such powerful ways that poverty housing becomes
socially, politically and religiously unacceptable.
4.
Promote dignity and hope.
We believe that no one lives in dignity until everyone can
live in dignity. We believe that every person has something
to contribute and something to gain from creating communities
in which all people have decent, affordable places to
live. We believe that dignity and hope are best achieved
through equitable, accountable partnerships.
5.
Support sustainable and transformational development.
We view our work as successful when it transforms lives
and promotes positive and lasting social, economic and
spiritual change within a community; when it is based on
mutual trust and fully shared accomplishment; and when it
demonstrates responsible stewardship of all resources entrusted
to us.
About The Fuller Center for Housing of Merced
County
The Fuller Center for Housing of Merced County is part of
a global, nonprofit housing organization operated on Christian
principles
that seeks to put God’s love into action by building
homes, communities and hope. The Fuller Center for Housing
of Merced County
is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally
and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving
homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies;
and by providing training and access to resources to help
families
improve their shelter conditions. The Fuller Center for
Housing was founded on the conviction that every man, woman
and child
should have a simple, durable place to live in dignity and
safety, and that decent shelter in decent communities should
be a matter of conscience and action for all.
All
are welcome
The Fuller Center for Housing of Merced County has an open-door
policy: All who believe that everyone needs a decent, affordable
place to live are welcome to help with the work, regardless
of race, religion, age, gender, political views or any of
the
other distinctions that too often divide people. In short,
The Fuller Center welcomes volunteers and supporters from
all backgrounds
and also serves people in need of decent housing regardless
of race or religion. As a matter of policy, The Fuller Center
for Housing and its
affiliated
organizations do not proselytize. This means that The Fuller
Center will not offer assistance on the expressed
or implied condition that people must either adhere to or
convert to a particular faith, or listen and respond to
messaging
designed to induce conversion to a particular faith.
About
The
Fuller Center for Housing
The Fuller Center for Housing, faith-driven and Christ-centered,
promotes collaborative and innovative partnerships with
individuals
and organizations
in an unrelenting quest to provide adequate shelter for
all people in need worldwide.
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Board
of Directors
Prospective
board members or committee members are always welcomed.
Join us at a board meeting to see if there is a spot that
suits you.
We meet at our the ReUse Store 1230 Broadway Avenue Atwater
on the fourth Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
O F F I C E
R S
President: Janice Sorge
Vice President: Don Spiva
Secretary: Eric Pouncey
Treasurer: Genny Mesa
COM I T T
E E C H A I R S
Administration: Janice Sorge
Church Relations: Val Fogelberg
Finance/Fund Raising: Sean Arnold
Construction: Don Spiva
Technology: Ivan Prado
Family Services: Budina Bunch Smith
Louis Smith, RaShanna Johnson
Ann Xaipanya, Judy Cromar
ReStore Manager: Janice Sorge
Asst Manager: Matty Matthieu
Volunteers Orientation: Diana Paxton
Nellie
Venegas
A D V I S O
R Y B O A R D
Darryl Young
Alice Gilbertson
H O N O R
A R Y
Lyla Allen
George Gallaher
I N M
E M O R I A M
Al Zierenberg
Fred Pillsbury
Ron Pirtle
Pete Delacruz
Bill Sanford
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