Former President Carter’s lasting legacy of service
We spoke with CBS 6 Albany about former President Jimmy Carter's enduring legacy of service. Through the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project, President Carter elevated our collective understanding of housing as a human right. We are grateful to have built alongside him for more than 35 years.
Former U.S. President and Mrs. Carter first volunteered with Habitat for Humanity near their home of Plains, Georgia, in March 1984. Later that same year, the Carters joined Habitat volunteers in New York City’s Lower East Side to renovate an abandoned building in partnership with families in need of affordable housing. That trip marked Habitat for Humanity’s first Jimmy Carter Work Project (later renamed the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project). Each year until 2020, the Carters volunteered with Habitat alongside more than 104,000 volunteers across the U.S. and in 14 countries to build, renovate and repair 4,390 Habitat homes.
Learn more about President Carter’s involvement with Habitat for Humanity here.