Former President Jimmy Carter remembered for building affordable homes in Alberta
Global News
The former President worked on a Habitat for Humanity site in Edmonton in 2017.
Suzanne Taylor, a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, remembers former U.S. Jimmy Carter being “strict” on construction sites, refusing to pose for pictures with others while on the job.
“If I stopped to take a picture with you, that’s two of us not working,” she recalled him saying.
The Carter Center announced Saturday that the 98-year-old former president has decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family, receiving hospice care after a series of hospital stays.
Many who worked alongside him in Alberta building affordable homes for families have since shared memories and well-wishes on social media.
He would work late at the site without complaining about the extreme temperatures and never needed any instructions, said Taylor, who is a retired lawyer and has been a Habitat volunteer since 2006.
“If you’re not moving and working, he’d yell at you.”
Taylor volunteered at a southeastern Edmonton site in 2017, building affordable homes for lower-income families as a part of the Carter Work Project.
The former president had pledged to build 150 affordable homes with Habitat for Humanity across Canada as the country marked 150 years since Confederation.