Before accepting a job offer from Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity, chief program officer Shereese Turner asked friends what they knew about the home-building nonprofit. She was stunned to find that many either knew nothing about Habitat or assumed they didn’t work with Black people. “My peers said, ‘Don’t they just serve immigrants?'” Turner said.

As Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthday, Habitat for Humanity volunteers in Champaign are looking back on his dedication to the organization. He and his wife Rosalynn started the Carter Work Project with Habitat for Humanity in 1984.

The Allegheny Valley chapter of Habitat for Humanity will be among those across the country celebrating former President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday today. Former President Carter, our nation's 39th president,

Tomorrow, the nation will join former President Jimmy Carter in celebrating his 100th birthday, and today a record number of volunteers are honoring him in the best way they know how — by getting to work.

Habitat for Humanity's program, Women Build, is an excellent outreach service where women come together to construct a home from the ground up, thus helping a Chattanooga-area family accomplish their dream of becoming homeowners.