Honoring a life of service
President Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024

Susanne Slater, President & CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C. & Northern Virginia shared:

“Habitat DC-NOVA shares the deep loss felt across the world at President Carter’s passing. Our staff, our volunteers, and our homeowners had the great privilege to work alongside President Carter and his late wife Rosalynn Carter as part of two Carter Work Projects.

Though he and Mrs. Carter insisted they were just another pair of volunteers, they were so much more. President Carter was a true and tireless public servant who inspired people everywhere to collaborate to build a just world for all of us. We are deeply honored to have worked closely with the Carters during their decades of service to Habitat’s mission. President Carter’s legacy will live on as we pursue the Habitat mission here in DC & Northern Virginia and worldwide.”

Read more about the Carter’s involvement in Habitat for Humanity and the continued impact that they had on so many

Learn more about the schedule for funeral events and watch the funeral streamed by The Carter Center


The Carter Work Project

The Carters served as Habitat for Humanity’s most influential and impactful volunteers by advocating for housing policy and human rights, fundraising, and mobilizing people around the world to build Habitat homes with them. Over the last four decades, the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project has inspired more than 108,000 volunteers across the U.S. and in 14 countries to build, renovate and repair 4,447 Habitat homes.  

Habitat DC-NOVA had the very special opportunity to host not one but two Carter Work Projects, the first in 1992 and the second in 2010.

The 1992 Carter Work Project built ten homes on Benning Road that became the first Habitat homes in the District of Columbia. The Carters spent a week alongside hundreds of volunteers – including the future homeowners – building these homes. Ms. Hope Gibson, one of the first Habitat homeowner in DC, remembered President Carter as hardworking and kind out on the job site. She often shared her remembrances of working on her home alongside President & Mrs. Carter. Ms. Gibson passed in May 2024, and Habitat DC-NOVA remembers her alongside the Carters for her joyfulness and humor. 

The Carter Work Project revisited DC in 2010 and built ten homes in historic Ivy City in Northeast DC. These were the first of more than 40 homes built to revitalize the neighborhood by Habitat over the following decade. More than 3,000 volunteers came out to build the homes and install solar panels with partner GRID Alternatives over the course of the week. 

Learn more about the Carter Work Projects that took place across the United States and the world.


Memorial Event

Share a message of tribute in memory of President Jimmy Carter

Starting on Wednesday, January 8th, Habitat DC-NOVA invites you to honor President Jimmy Carter’s incredible legacy of service and compassion that has touched countless lives. Visit our Alexandria or Chantilly ReStore to take part in a special memorial activity. Sign your name or share a message in tribute on a hardhat or plank of wood which will become part of a future Habitat DC-NOVA home—a lasting tribute that will impact families for generations to come.

Alexandria ReStore
869 South Pickett Street
Alexandria, VA 22304

Chantilly ReStore
4311 Walney Street
Chantilly, VA 20151

If you are unable to join us in person, share a message on Habitat International’s memory book.


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