Carter Work Project Highlights
Oct. 15, 2013
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver hosted the 2013 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project October 6th - 11th. In just five days, Habitat Metro Denver volunteers, staff, and partner families built 11 new and repaired 15 existing homes in Denver’s Globeville neighborhood. A number of special guests swung hammers on the construction site, including President and Mrs. Carter, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, the Denver Broncos, and the Denver Nuggets.
Local media outlets provided great coverage of the historic event. Click the links below for stories from the 2013 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project.
Television
9NEWS
- Habitat building blitz about to begin
- Denver volunteers pitch in for Habitat for Humanity
- Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood help Denver neighborhood
- Jimmy Carter, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood building Denver Habitat for Humanity homes
- World sees a ‘democracy that’s not working,’ Carter says
CBS4
- Week-long Habitat for Humanity event kicks off
- Habitat for Humanity volunteers make great progress on 1st day
- Broncos players join Habitat for Humanity effort in Globeville
- Habitat for Humanity proud of Carter Work Project
- It's the many volunteers that make Habitat for Humanity work
- Pres. Jimmy Carter, Garth Brooks build Habitat homes
- Denver Nuggets trade in basketballs for hammers at Habitat build
- 2 dozen families celebrate new Habitat for Humanity homes
FOX31
- President Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project comes to Denver
- President Jimmy Carter, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood in Denver to build houses
Univision Colorado
The Denver Post
- Building solutions to Denver’s lack of affordable housing
- Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter help build Denver Habitat for Humanity home
- Habitat for Humanity Denver Raises the Roof – and $600K
- Jimmy Carter lends a hammer to Habitat for Humanity in Denver (Photo Slideshow)
Denver Business Journal
- Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood help Denver neighborhood
- Good Works: Colorado companies donate time, volunteers
Habitat for Humanity International