The former president and Mrs. Carter first volunteered with Habitat for Humanity in March 1984. Here's more.
Former President Jimmy Carter leans on a wall as he helps build a Habitat for Humanity house in Violet, La., Monday, May 21, 2007. Carter was working on the 1000th Habitat for Humanity house in the Gulf Coast region since hurricane Katrina and Rita.
, the nonprofit whose goal is to provide “decent and affordable housing” for families in need. “But I had a No. 1 priority and that was to come to Nashville and build houses.”His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life“So he fell and he was hospitalized and he insisted on going and working on the Habitat site. It was his last such work and you know there's that famous photograph of him with the bruises on his face,” Alter told Yahoo News.
Former President Jimmy Carter works alongside several other volunteers to construct one of 30 new homes in San Pedro and Compton, Calif., as part Habitat for Humanity's effort to provide affordable housing to those in need. The former president and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, first volunteered with Habitat for Humanity in March 1984, a little over three years after he departed from the White House.
Former President Jimmy Carter holds hands with his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, as they work with other volunteers on site during the first day of the weeklong Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, their 35th work project with Habitat for Humanity, Aug. 27, 2018, in Mishawaka, Ind.
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