It’s a myth that the former president founded Habitat for Humanity — but the organization’s CEO certainly credits him with putting them on the map. “No one had ever seen a global leader behave like that.”
In August 2015, Carter had a small cancerous mass removed from his liver. The following year, Carter announced that he needed no further treatment, as an experimental drug had eliminated any sign of cancer.
Over the weekend, it was announced that, after a series of short hospital stays, Carter had "decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention."Former President Jimmy Carter enters hospice care, Carter Center says "I remember I was carrying a board or something with him when he was probably 93 and still going strong. And he did make the comment, ‘You know, this isn’t quite as much fun as back when I was 80,’" Reckford laughed, commenting on Carter’s "legendary work ethic" and "relentless focus."
"Everyone always wants to work on ‘the Carter house.’ It might be 100 houses we’re building and everyone always wants to be on the Carter house. And I always warn them, ‘Be careful. If you want to be on his house you’re going to have to work really hard. There’s no resting, there’s no photo ops; it’s all about work,’" Reckford said.
Former president Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, work on building a home during Habitat for Humanity's Carter Work Project event in the Globeville Neighborhood in Denver, October 09, 2013. was in his late 80s and got overheated on a project right before a media briefing. Carter wasn’t able to attend as he was still being medically assessed, and Reckford asked Carter what he would like him to tell the media about why Carter wasn’t present.
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