"That was when the world found out about Habitat for Humanity, said Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford. The world had never seen a former President and First Lady swinging hammers alongside volunteers and future homeowners. Their example of servant leadership not only helped families achieve the dream of affordable homeownership, but it inspired thousands of volunteers around the world to do the same. The street being named in President Carter's honor is incredibly fitting but we know what he would really hope for is that the work that he and Mrs. Carter started more than 40 years ago continue."
"When in April of 1984 former President Carter visited our abandoned and burned-out shell of a building on East 6th Street, I asked him to consider sending some volunteer carpenters from his church. I would have never thought that five months later he would not only send some carpenters, he would be one of those carpenters, said Rob DeRocker, Habitat's first New York City director."
East 6th Street between Avenues C and D in Alphabet City, Manhattan, was co-named Jimmy Carter Way to commemorate President Jimmy Carter's first Habitat for Humanity project. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter led the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project for more than 30 years, mobilizing over 108,000 volunteers to build, renovate, or repair 4,447 homes across 14 countries and raising awareness about affordable housing. In 1984 the Carters and volunteers traveled from Georgia to New York for the first week-long Carter Work Project, renovating the six-story, 19-unit Mascot Flats building on the Lower East Side. Habitat's first New York City director invited Carter to send volunteer carpenters and was surprised when Carter joined the carpentry himself.
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