June 1, 2024
MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – Students from Brewton-Parker College have joined volunteers from South Newport Baptist Church in Townsend to help build tiny homes for homeless veterans.
The Golden Isles Village Initiative is a project dedicated to building a community of single-occupant homes for veterans struggling to live self-sufficiently. When the students of Brewton-Parker’s Ministerial Association heard about the project, they jumped at the opportunity to serve.
The idea for the project came from Rotary International District 6920, a donor to the first tiny-home community at the Cove at Dundee Veterans Village in Savannah, Ga. Since then, partners such as Nine Line Apparel, Black Rifle Co., the Dustin M. Wright Foundation, Georgia Southern University, local churches, and other organizations and companies have stepped up to contribute to the cause.
The homes currently under construction will later be transported to an empty plot in Brunswick, Ga. Retired Air Force Veteran and Brunswick Mayor Cornell Harvey, compassionate toward the outstanding number of homeless veterans, knew the available land on the corner of G Street in Brunswick would be a perfect location for the tiny homes.
With the help of Nine Line Apparel and Georgia Southern University, veterans will not only receive housing but will gain job training in a healing environment. These passionate contributors have dedicated themselves to seeing veterans honored for their service by providing them with the opportunity to thrive in civilian life.
Brewton-Parker is honored to know that its students share the same desire to see homeless veterans off the streets and into homes of their own.
Billy Puckett, Christian studies professor and associational missionary in the Daniel Baptist Association, worked with the Brewton-Parker students.
“They serve others with joy,” he said. “They follow the example of Jesus Christ. When they see a need, they don’t hesitate to pour themselves out so others can experience blessing.”
Puckett said the Brewton-Parker students have a heart to see others succeed and thrive in life. He said their contribution to the Golden Isles Village Initiative has not gone unnoticed and will make a difference in the lives of homeless veterans that deserve to be honored and cared for by their country.
