Carter Work Project 2019
The 36th Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project took place in Nashville, Tennessee, where 21 families worked to build their Habitat homes alongside former President Jimmy Carter, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, as well as hundreds of other volunteers.
“Thank you, Habitat, for all you’ve done for this event — the countless hours of prep. Not only for the Carter Work Project, but for preparing us to be successful homeowners. It will not be wasted,” homeowner Neil told an audience of fellow homeowners, volunteers, Habitat staff and event sponsors gathered at the Grand Ole Opry for the event’s closing ceremony. “We look forward to thriving for generations because of your investment.”
Our Better Angels, written by Habitat CEO Jonathan Reckford with a foreword by President Carter, is available now. The two sat down at the 2019 Carter Work Project to discuss the book and Habitat’s greater impact.
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The 2019 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project marked the 36th year that the former president and first lady have built alongside volunteers and future Habitat homeowners. Volunteers from across the country gathered to help families build roofs, walls and community.
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Check out this year’s house photos, featuring volunteers from the 2019 Carter Work Project in Nashville, Tennessee.
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As the 36th annual Carter Work Project kicked off in Nashville, future Habitat homeowners, volunteers and donors, local leaders and musical talent, as well as the former president and first lady, convened at the historic Ryman Auditorium and then on the build site to usher in the weeklong build.
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Year after year, now numbering 36, the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project has forged connections between families seeking decent homes and volunteers seeking a way to share their hearts.
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Twenty-one families, including those of Eno’s and Erica and Neil’s, are building their homes as well as their hopes alongside a former U.S. president and first lady and volunteers at the 2019 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Nashville, Tennessee.
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We have been honored to have two of the world’s most respected and renowned people as dedicated and hardworking Habitat volunteers for more than 35 years. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter have been tireless advocates, active fundraisers and some of our best hands-on construction volunteers.
Thank you to the featured sponsors of the 2019 Carter Work Project
Named for the late Rev. Bill Barnes, a civil rights champion and affordable housing advocate, the Barnes Housing Trust Fund extends grants to nonprofits to create and preserve inclusive and affordable housing across Davidson County.
The Tennessee Housing Development Agency, which has long been a generous supporter of local Habitat for Humanity efforts in the Volunteer State, finances mortgages to make homeownership possible for people of low-to-moderate incomes.
The financial support from our sponsors helped make it possible for 21 homes to be built during the 2019 weeklong event.