Edmonton Happenings

President Jimmy Carter welcomes everyone to the Carter Work project

President Jimmy Carter was rushed to St Boniface hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada after collapsing from dehydration.  The former President of the United States had been working in the Winnipeg heat on the Habitat for Humanity project that is part of the 34th Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project.


"President Carter has been working hard all week. He was dehydrated working in the hot sun and has been taken offsite for observation. He encourages everyone to stay hydrated and keep building," a statement from the Carter Center said.

President Carter has been in Canada since Sunday assisting on the Habitat for Humanity Edmonton Carter's place build in the Laurel community of Edmonton, then arriving in Winnipeg last night. The Carter Work Project is expected to build 150 homes across Canada during the 150th birthday year of Canada.

President Carter and his wife Rosalynn worked on home number 46 in the Carter place project before heading to Winnipeg.  Temperatures in Winnipeg this morning were around 20 degrees Celcius (64 degrees Fahrenheit) at the time.  During his work in Edmonton, he worked full days on the project and kept busy cutting and measuring wood for various homes on the site.

Trisha Yearwood helps assemble stairs for a home in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project

A little known secret was that last year, Habitat for Humanity - Edmonton, President Alfred Nikolai, ran into Garth and Tricia and they were interested in participating in the 34th Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter work project in Canada to build 150 homes during Canada's 150 th anniversary year.  However, at the time scheduling was posing to be an issue, so it was not announced until the last moment, although those who follow Tricia Yearwood on Facebook would have known that they were coming as she announced she was getting ready for this year's Project.

Garth Brooks holds a wall in place while Trisha Yearwood puts together a staircase on the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project

Both Trisha and Garth have been involved with Habit for Humanity for 11 years when they participated in the build that included the 101st home after Katrina.

 Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood just recently completed a 9 day run of their World Tour in Edmonton, so it was great to see them back and giving back.  Working alongside President Jimmy carter and his wife Rosalynn, Garth and Tricia definitely got their hands in the thick of things while helping to build another home.

President Jimmy Carter and Mrs. Rosalynn Carter work together putting together a staircase in Edmonton, AB, Canada

Mrs. Rosalynn Carter hammers in the finishing touches on a set of Stairs

 

President Jimmy Carter hammers in nails on a staircase at the 34th Carter Work Project

 President Jimmy Carter now 92, has beaten Cancer, is the oldest president to attend an inaugeration, the only president to mark the 40th anniversary of his inaugeration, and President Carter and his wife Rosalyn celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary this month.

3 days after their 71st Anniversary President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn, work side by side helping each other at the 34th Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project

 

Garth Brooks helps move a frame into one of the Carter Work Project homes in Edmonton

 The Volunteers working on the 34th Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter work project come from all walks of life from all around the world.  80% of the volunteers this was their first trip to Edmonton.

Central Photo position for one of the volunteers

Volunteers put finished staircases on the ground to be transported to their new homes.

Garth Brooks watches as a volunteer checks the plum on one of the walls

 

Tricia Yearwood works with President Jimmy Carter at the Carter Work Project in Edmonton

Garth looks at the finished work on one of the walls he put into place