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Millard Fuller was the first person I met at the Clinton School, other than my classmates, who truly made me happy to be in public service. He gave an inspiring and amazing hour-long speech at 8AM one morning and after the speech we got to meet with him and speak as an intimate group.
Millard Fuller is the founder of Habitat for Humanity, one of the premier nonprofits in the world. He was such a simple and sweet man, and was as Southern as can be. In fact, when he spoke he reminded me of Foghorn Leghorn, the character from Looney Tunes. Despite this seeming simple-ness, he came up with an idea in the 70s and turned it into an operation that has built over 200,000 homes in 100 countries in the past 30-40 years.
Millard Fuller died this week, and it saddens me to think about it. At the same time, however, he did everything with his life that I hope to do with mine, and there's something peaceful about that. If you've got some time and want to watch a captivating and heartlifting speech, check out http://www.clintonschoolspeakers.com/lecture/view/eliminating-poverty-housing/ If you don't have time to watch the whole thing, just pick a random 5 minutes and check it out.
Millard Fuller is the founder of Habitat for Humanity, one of the premier nonprofits in the world. He was such a simple and sweet man, and was as Southern as can be. In fact, when he spoke he reminded me of Foghorn Leghorn, the character from Looney Tunes. Despite this seeming simple-ness, he came up with an idea in the 70s and turned it into an operation that has built over 200,000 homes in 100 countries in the past 30-40 years.
Millard Fuller died this week, and it saddens me to think about it. At the same time, however, he did everything with his life that I hope to do with mine, and there's something peaceful about that. If you've got some time and want to watch a captivating and heartlifting speech, check out http://www.clintonschoolspeakers.com/lecture/view/eliminating-poverty-housing/ If you don't have time to watch the whole thing, just pick a random 5 minutes and check it out.