DC Habitat will co-host the 27th annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project beginning October 4, 2010.
Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, will join more than 200 volunteers in Washington, D.C. this October to kick off the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project (JRCWP), a week of building, repairing, and rehabilitating homes.
JRCWP will begin in D.C. on World Habitat Day, October 4, as part of a worldwide effort to highlight the need for stable communities and healthy housing. More than 1,000 volunteers from across the country will build and renovate homes in partnership with low income families during the weeklong project in Washington, D.C.; Baltimore and Annapolis, Maryland; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota; and Birmingham, Alabama.
President and Mrs. Carter are Habitat for Humanity’s most famous volunteers and have given a week of their time every year for the past 27 years to help Habitat build homes and raise awareness about the need for affordable and decent housing.
“Rosalynn and I are pleased to join Habitat for Humanity volunteers in six communities this year to help raise walls on new homes and improve existing housing,” said President Carter. “More than 75 homeowners will realize new or improved housing conditions as a result of this week.”
JRCWP in Washington, D.C. will focus on the Ivy City neighborhood of Northeast D.C. Plans have been drawn for the creation of 13 affordable housing units, and depending on funding, up to 15 additional units may be constructed. The total cost of developing all 28 units is nearly $6 million.
DC Habitat will begin initial construction in Ivy City as part of Habitat for Humanity’s Neighborhood Revitilization Initiative in early summer 2010. Ivy City is a largely industrial neighborhood that has faced great challenges in the past, and is also one of the smallest and least known communities in Washington, D.C. Along its triangular borders are the Amtrak Ivy City Yard/New York Avenue NE, Gallaudet University and the Mt. Olivet Cemetery. DC Habitat is partnering with other community-based housing developers to transform this neighborhood into a safer, healthier place to live.
To learn more about JRCWP sponsorship opportunities, please visit our partner information packet and contact Richard Algra, Director of Development, by email at: Richard.Algra@dchabitat.org.
