Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity is celebrating the life and service of President Jimmy Carter. Carter died on December 29 at the age of 100.
Since 1984, the Carter Work Project rallied thousands of volunteers to the organization and helped Habitat for Humanity become internationally recognized.
Their Vice President of Resource Development Kate Lowe says guests can visit their New Brighton Restore location and sign a wall in Carter's honor. It will be used in a future project.
"We have a wall with a door in to symbolize the many doors of opportunity that President Carter opened," says Lowe. "We are offering people the opportunity to come in to the restore here, sign the wall with their name and a message of remembrance to President Carter."
The wall will be up all week long and the organization says the signed wall will be used in a future project. Similar Habitat for Humanity memorial events are also scheduled to be held around the world.
Lowe says President Carter set the standard for volunteers across the state.
"The ripple effect of his dedication to the habitat mission continues today," explains Lowe.
"We've had so many volunteers tell us they were inspired by his lifetime of service and commitment to Habitat for Humanity, and they want to come out and follow in his footsteps."
In 1986, the Carters founded the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project, an annual home building event that takes place in the United States one year and internationally the next. The Carters led the event, which attracts thousands of volunteers.
The Carters donated a week of their time each year to the project. They have worked with nearly 104,000 volunteers in 14 countries to build, renovate, and repair 4,390 homes.