The 2013 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project is coming to Habitat Denver!

Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver is proud to be a host city for the 2013 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project. 2013 marks the 30th annual Carter Work Project event and Habitat Metro Denver is honored to be a host during this milestone year.  Throughout the week of October 6-11, 2013, Habitat Metro Denver will be building 11 new townhomes and repairing 15 existing homes in Denver’s Globeville neighborhood.  In addition to construction work, there will be a series of exciting events throughout the week including an opening ceremony, an exclusive dinner celebration with President and Mrs. Carter, and up to 26 dedication ceremonies.

Click here to watch the exciting announcement, including an exclusive interview with President and Mrs. Carter, on 9news! 

The 2013 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project is an exciting and very unique opportunity for Habitat Metro Denver, and there will be a wide variety of ways the Denver community can get involved.  We’ll be sending out regular updates in our monthly E-news, as well as updating our website with new information leading up to the event.  If you’re not already a recipient of our E-news, click here to sign up today.  Opportunities for people to get involved in the Carter Work Project include:

Sponsorships: We’re looking for individuals, companies and faith groups interested in making an investment in the Carter Work Project.  Carter Work Project sponsors will help provide the important combination of financial and volunteer support in order to build 11 new homes and repair up to 15 existing homes in just one week.  We are also looking for partners interested in sponsoring or purchasing tables at our special “Raise the Roof” dinner celebration with President and Mrs. Carter.  We are currently confirming sponsorship opportunities, but we will have a variety of sponsorship levels and benefits available soon.  Please contact us at carterworkproject@habitatmetrodenver.org if you would like to learn more.

Volunteering: Throughout the week of October 6th – 11th, Habitat Metro Denver will need more than 350 construction volunteers per day to build 11 new and repair 15 existing homes for the 2013 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project.   Due to overwhelming support shown by members of the Metro Denver community for the Carter Work Project, the construction volunteer positions filled within 24 hours. 

Join the Volunteer Waitlist:
If you are interested in being added to the volunteer waitlist please email Jeanne Fischetti.  In your email be sure to list if you are interested in working the full week, one day or multiple days.  

Read Volunteer Requirements:
In order to build homes and change lives during the Carter Work Project, Habitat is in need of both volunteer labor and financial contributions.  The average cost of building a Habitat for Humanity home in Metro Denver is $160,000, and Habitat must fundraise every dollar.  Therefore, Carter Work Project volunteers are being asked to help meet both the financial need as well as the need for volunteer labor.  The concept is similar to raising funds in support of a charity walk or run, and all of the funds raised by volunteers and through sponsorships will be used to build and repair homes in Denver’s Globeville Neighborhood, the Carter Work Project focus neighborhood.    

Volunteers who are interested in working the full week are being asked to raise $2,500 and volunteers who would like to work one or more days are asked to raise $500 per day.  Again, just as if you were participating in a charity walk or run, Habitat for Humanity has an online fundraising system to help volunteers reach their fundraising goals.

Advocating: Help us spread the word about the need for more affordable housing options in metro Denver and how the entire community can get involved.  Have conversations with your friends, family and neighbors, and make sure to post details about Habitat’s important work on your personal Facebook and Twitter profiles.  If you’re not already following Habitat Denver, click here to visit our Facebook page and click here to visit our Twitter page.

Click here to watch a video showing the Globeville neighborhood in detail with a special word from President Carter.

Recognition: On April 8th, Denver City Council Member Judy Montero sponsored a proclamation on behalf of Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver. The proclamation honors HFHMD's work in the metro Denver area and recognizes its partnership with the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project. Read the proclamation in full here. 

About the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project

Each year since 1984, former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, give a week of their time to help Habitat build homes.  The Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project helps to raise awareness for the critical need for simple, decent and affordable housing. Since it first began in 1984, the Carter Work Project has provided housing solutions for families in 14 countries around the world, 18 states in the U.S. and the District of Columbia.  In 2011 and 2012, the Carter Work Project has built in Léogâne, Haiti.  In 2012 alone, over 600 volunteers from around the world helped complete 100 Habitat for Humanity homes in partnership with families affected by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the region nearly three years ago.

2013 marks the 30th anniversary of the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, and Habitat Metro Denver is honored to be a host for this milestone event.  The 2013 Carter Work Project will be travelling across the U.S., visiting cities including Oakland, San Jose, Denver and New York City.

About Denver’s Globeville Neighborhood

Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver has been building in the Globeville neighborhood for a number of years, and plans to build a total of 22 new homes and repair up to 15 homes in that community in 2013.

Globeville is a centrally-located neighborhood which is just 20 blocks north of downtown Denver, and has easy access to transportation corridors like I-25 and I-70.  The biggest asset of the Globeville Neighborhood is the residents. The community recognizes its rich diversity as an asset and has an established history of working together to overcome difficult circumstances.  Globeville has a greater number of owner-occupied housing units compared to Denver. The estimated current number of owner-occupied housing units is just over 65 percent for Globeville, compared to just over 50 percent for Denver. 

Elevation of some of the new Habitat townhomes that will be built in Globeville as part of the
2013 Carter Work Project.