News and stories from the 2012 Carter Work Project

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News and stories from the 2012 Carter Work Project

Stories
		Nov. 30, 2012 Day Six: Joyful, tearful, prayerful farewells [1]With tears, hugs, laughter and heartfelt words, the Carter Work Project volunteers dedicate 100 homes in the Santo community.
		Nov. 29, 2012 Day Five: One drop makes a big ripple [2]  Seeing the progress in Santo fires up the volunteers for the Irish nonprofit Haven, which works in Haiti and is supporting this week’s build. Memories from the Carters [3] Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter discuss what makes Haiti special and look back at other special moments in their lifetime of service. What they brought (Slideshow) [4] Tools and safety equipment are expected on the work site, but some Carter Work Project volunteers brought surprising items with them to Santo this week.
		Nov. 28, 2012 Day Four: Everybody is a builder [5] Former first lady Rosalynn Carter and country music superstars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood inspire others with words and work.
		Nov. 27, 2012 Day Three: They came from Carpentersville [6] Hardy volunteers persevere through the heat, the fatigue and the occasional mishap to stay on schedule to build 100 houses in one week. A family affair (Slideshow) [7] Among the nearly 600 volunteers building in Santo, Haiti, there are fathers and daughters, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives who are spending quality time together while helping others.
		Nov. 26, 2012 Day Two: Building on experience [8] Veterans from 2011 speed up the work, and President Carter explains how all the volunteers become new voices for Haiti.
		Nov. 25, 2012 Day One: Putting words into action [9] A presidential lesson inspires volunteers on Day One. 'This is the best feeling ever': Reunions in Santo (Slideshow) [10] Five memorable reunions that have taken place at this year's Carter Work Project.
		Nov. 20, 2012 Volunteers feel the draw of the Carter Work Project [11] Nearly 600 volunteers will travel to Haiti from Nov. 24 to Dec. 1 to build 100 more houses for the 29th Carter Work Project.
More stories
		Nov. 25-Nov. 30, 2012 Our Women Build volunteer program and Cars for Homes vehicle donation program are co-sponsors of this year's CWP. Together, they contributed $250,000 to the project and sent a team of volunteers to Haiti help build during the week. Read their stories from the build site: Women Build volunteer stories [12] Cars for Homes volunteer stories [13]

News

Nov. 26, 2012
President and Mrs. Carter join hundreds of Habitat for Humanity volunteers in Haiti for the 29th annual Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project [14]
Nov. 21, 2012
The Dow Chemical Company helps support Habitat for Humanity’s 29th annual Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project [15]
May 10, 2012
Habitat for Humanity’s annual Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project returns to Haiti [16]

Source URL: http://www.habitat.org/cwp/2012/CWP2012_NewsStories.aspx

Links:
[1] http://www.habitat.org/cwp/2012/farewells.aspx
[2] http://www.habitat.org/cwp/2012/One_drop.aspx
[3] http://www.habitat.org/cwp/2012/carters_reflect.aspx
[4] http://www.habitat.org/lc/cwp/2012/multimedia/top5friday
[5] http://www.habitat.org/cwp/2012/everybody_builder.aspx
[6] http://www.habitat.org/cwp/2012/carpentersville.aspx
[7] http://www.habitat.org/lc/cwp/2012/multimedia/top5wednesday
[8] http://www.habitat.org/cwp/2012/building_on_experience.aspx
[9] http://www.habitat.org/cwp/2012/words_into_action.aspx
[10] http://www.habitat.org/lc/cwp/2012/multimedia/top5monday/index.html
[11] http://www.habitat.org/cwp/2012/Volunteers_feel_draw
[12] http://www.habitat.org/wb/haitiblogs
[13] http://www.habitat.org/carsforhomes/Carter_Work_Project_blogs_2012.aspx
[14] http://www.habitat.org/newsroom/2012archive/11_25_2012_carter_project_begins
[15] http://www.habitat.org/newsroom/2012archive/11_21_2012_Dow_supports_CWP2012
[16] http://www.habitat.org/newsroom/2012archive/05_10_2012_hfh_annual_jcwp_returns_to_haiti.aspx