My dad Jimmy Carter taught me to never retire

"I'm 75 now, but if I told my dad I'm getting old, he would laugh. He didn't slow down until he was about 94, and he was 100 when he died last December. Dad wouldn't want me sitting still in my old age, so this year I'm leading the 39th Annual Habitat for Humanity Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in his honor. I cried during the opening ceremony, because it's the first time the work project has happened since my father died."

"They also believed in community, which is why Habitat doesn't just build homes - we build neighborhoods. This year, we're constructing 25 homes during the Carter Work Project. I know about a third of the 1,000 people working on this build. Many of them are like me: senior citizens who want to help increase affordable housing. This year, my daughter Margaret and her husband are also at the build."

Jimmy Carter remained active until about age 94 and died at 100 last December. His son, 75, led the 39th Annual Habitat for Humanity Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in his father's honor, marking the first build since Carter's death. The Carters believed housing is a human right and valued community; they had lived in public housing. The work project builds neighborhoods and plans 25 homes this year. About a third of the 1,000 volunteers are senior citizens. Family members across generations volunteered, and volunteering fosters neighborly, nonpolitical conversation.

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