Jimmy Carter, Habitat for Humanity and Houston

Habitat for Humanity and heartfelt memories keep Carter's spirit thriving in Houston
Jimmy Carter's legacy is more than presidential. It's a legacy of serving people. Tuesday, community members and local leaders joined to celebrate and help keep a little bit of that Carter spirit alive.
Houston, Harris County officials honor Jimmy Carter's legacy with Habitat for Humanity memorial wall
City, county and Habitat for Humanity leaders gathered Tuesday to raise a memorial wall for former President Jimmy Carter.
City of Houston joins Habitat for Humanity for Memorial event for President Jimmy Carter
Houston Habitat will raise a wall with a door for people to sign, symbolizing the many doors of opportunity President Carter helped make possible
'He was down home, down to Earth' | Couple recalls building Houston Habitat for Humanity home alongside former President Carter
Wade and Shalina Gibson still live in the home Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter helped build in the summer of 1998. HOUSTON, Texas — "It was sad when it came across my phone last night," Houstonian Wade Gibson said. Like many of us, Wade and Shalina Gibson learned of Jimmy Carter's passing on their smartphones.
Houston-area leaders celebrate legacy of former President Jimmy Carter
Carter, a Georgia Democrat who served as U.S. president from 1977-81, died Dec. 29 at age 100. He helped provide housing opportunities in Houston and across the country.
Habitat for Humanity honors Jimmy Carter in Southern Tier
Habitat for Humanity honors Jimmy Carter in Southern Tier
Houstonians honor President Carter's legacy through Habitat memorial event
One woman was thankful to President Jimmy Carter after he helped build homes in Houston. Carter worked with Habitat for Humanity for years.
Jimmy Carter’s work with Habitat for Humanity to be focus of Saginaw event
A Habitat for Humanity chapter here will honor one of the organization’s most notable advocates and volunteers, the late Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who died Dec. 29 at age 100. Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity officials will invite the community to sign a door meant to symbolize the contributions of Carter and his late wife,
Minnesota Habitat for Humanity remembers Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter was one of Habitat for Humanity’s most famous volunteers. Rivkah Reyes, who played bassist Katie in the 2003 Jack Black film, shared a video from the wedding on TikTok. When "General Hospital" actor Johnny Wactor found three people trying to steal the catalytic converter from his Toyota Prius last May,
How to watch the memorial service for Jimmy Carter as US observes national day of mourning
President Joe Biden announced a national day of mourning Thursday, in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec.
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Many homes in Houston are standing today because of the late former President Jimmy Carter
There are plenty of homes here in Houston built through Habitat for Humanity, a longtime cause for the Carters since the organization's founding near their hometown of Plains, Georgia. Video was ...
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Houston to join global memorial event to honor former President Jimmy Carter
Houston will hold a memorial event Jan. 7 for former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at his home in Atlanta, Georgia ...
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How Jimmy Carter became the face of Habitat for Humanity
Why Habitat for Humanity? The country is awash in organizations ... a historian at Rice University in Houston. "When Carter picks up that hammer in New York in 1984, we're in the middle of the ...
Harris, lawmakers pay tribute to US President Jimmy Carter at Capitol
U.S. leaders on Tuesday paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter -- who had the longest and most admired post-presidency ...