The Home Depot Foundation helps bring home within reach at Carter Work Project

Volunteering is a family affair for Heather Prill and her 77-year-old father, Paul. More than 25 years ago, the father-daughter duo helped build affordable homes during Habitat for Humanity’s Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Americus, Georgia. Now, they’re teaming up to help open doors to homeownership at our 2026 Carter Work Project in Atlanta.

This time around, Heather and Paul are working alongside families to help build 24 residences in Atlanta Habitat’s Langston Park during the weeklong event. The master planned community in Sylvan Hills will have a mix of duplexes, townhomes and single-family homes. It will be a full-circle moment for Heather. She’s the director of Team Depot and strategic partnerships for The Home Depot Foundation, our US$1 million Carter Work Project sponsor.

“It was fun to begin learning my home-building skills, not just from Habitat, but from my dad because he’d been on so many builds,” she says. “He taught me the importance of working together to make a lasting impact on families and communities. Those early days inspired me to keep volunteering and helping others find a place to call home.”

Heather Prill and her father, Paul, helped build homes during Habitat’s Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project more than 25 years ago in Americus, Georgia.

A longtime Habitat volunteer, minister and former college professor, Paul took his students on alternative spring break trips to help build Habitat homes across the U.S. He brought Heather on her very first Habitat build when she was a teenager.

“I was born into a family of service from day one and have continued that path,” Heather says.

Being a good neighbor

Nearly 150 volunteers from Atlanta-based The Home Depot and Team Depot, The Home Depot’s associate volunteer force, are working alongside families building stability and opportunity at Langston Park, and Heather is looking forward to introducing her dad to her colleagues.

“Two of the values The Home Depot was founded on are giving back and doing the right thing, so engaging our associates in volunteer opportunities like the Carter Work Project is really incredible,” says Heather. “And then being in our backyard of Atlanta, helping families who are our neighbors access more affordable and safe housing is something we’re excited to do.”

The Home Depot Foundation has donated more than US$66 million to Habitat for Humanity International since 2008, including funding our Repair Corps program for the past 15 years, which has helped more than 2,300 U.S. military veterans and their families make critical repairs to their homes. The Foundation also helps support our disaster resilience and recovery work. Since 1991, The Home Depot has partnered with Atlanta Habitat to help families build and improve the places they call home.

Smiles, tears and service

Heather anticipates that carrying on her family’s legacy of servant leadership as she, her dad, and their fellow volunteers help families build homes during Carter Work Project will be a touching and special moment.

“We are looking forward to working together with the homeowners and fellow volunteers to build new homes and generational wealth that will positively impact the Langston Park community for years to come,” she says. “There will be tears of joy that day for sure.”