This project profile is unique to those typically found on the printed and online pages of Roofing Contractor. Perhaps most extraordinary is the fact that it was more than 30 years in the making. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, started it as an annual tradition in New York City in 1984. In the fall of 2014, the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project (CWP) with Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) continued the annual tradition in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.
Jimmy Carter, who celebrated his 90th birthday the week before the 2014 CWP, is often credited with founding Habitat for Humanity, but in fact it was created by Linda and Millard Fuller in Americus, Ga., in 1976. The Carters’ involvement with HFHI did, however, catapult the organization onto the international stage and make a profound difference in its growth.