Habitat For Humanity of Greater Charlottesville Celebrates Jimmy Carter’s Centennial

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville is celebrating the 100th birthday of former President Jimmy Carter, calling him “a true Habitat hero” for helping grow the organization’s worldwide presence. Habitat is sharing a video called “Building with the Carters” with the former President talking about being taken to a broken, debris-filled apartment building when he was in New York City giving a speech. He became part of an effort with a bus full of 42 people to go rebuild it, an effort he said he never dreamed would become an annual thing that would enrich his and wife Rosalyn’s lives in many ways.

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