2007 Jimmy Carter Work Project
2007 Jimmy Carter Work Project
In late October and early November 2007 Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter participated in their 24th JCWP, this time in Los Angeles, California. Since 1984, President and Mrs. Carter have committed a week of their busy schedules each year to shining a spotlight on the affordable housing crisis in this country and around the world. The JCWP brings together thousands of volunteers from all over the world to swing hammers and swipe paint brushes with partner families to build and refurbish their homes.
This year in Los Angeles, volunteers gathered to build 30 new homes and refurbish dozens of others in South Central Los Angeles and San Pedro. Habitat EKC Construction Supervisor, Doug Copley, participating in his third JCWP, led a team in the construction of a three bedroom townhouse at the Vermont Avenue site with the Contreras and Sosa family. Mike Hammerquist, Habitat EKC Construction Supervisor at his first JCWP, took his experience from the Patterson Park townhouses and led the team building the Wallace family home in San Pedro. Habitat EKC Executive Director, Tom Granger, and wife Nancy, participated in “A Brush with Kindness” with Bessie and Z W Cruse who upon receiving a bible signed by President Carter said they would never forget the faces of the team who refurbished their home.
The 25th (renamed) Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter Work Project (JRCWP) will be held in May 2008 in the Gulf Coast area of Louisiana and Mississippi. For more information visit www.habitat.org/how/carter.aspx.
In late October and early November 2007 Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter participated in their 24th JCWP, this time in Los Angeles, California. Since 1984, President and Mrs. Carter have committed a week of their busy schedules each year to shining a spotlight on the affordable housing crisis in this country and around the world. The JCWP brings together thousands of volunteers from all over the world to swing hammers and swipe paint brushes with partner families to build and refurbish their homes.
This year in Los Angeles, volunteers gathered to build 30 new homes and refurbish dozens of others in South Central Los Angeles and San Pedro. Habitat EKC Construction Supervisor, Doug Copley, participating in his third JCWP, led a team in the construction of a three bedroom townhouse at the Vermont Avenue site with the Contreras and Sosa family. Mike Hammerquist, Habitat EKC Construction Supervisor at his first JCWP, took his experience from the Patterson Park townhouses and led the team building the Wallace family home in San Pedro. Habitat EKC Executive Director, Tom Granger, and wife Nancy, participated in “A Brush with Kindness” with Bessie and Z W Cruse who upon receiving a bible signed by President Carter said they would never forget the faces of the team who refurbished their home.
The 25th (renamed) Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter Work Project (JRCWP) will be held in May 2008 in the Gulf Coast area of Louisiana and Mississippi. For more information visit www.habitat.org/how/carter.aspx.
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