Habitat Homeowners at the Carter Work Project

If you’re a Twin Cities Habitat homebuyer or homeowner, there are many ways you can be involved in our biggest event ever—the 2024 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project! You can volunteer on a construction site, share your story, and more—all while receiving a special gift for participating. Read on for more details!

What is the Carter Work Project?

When: September 29 – October 4, 2024

Where: The Heights development on St. Paul’s Greater East Side

What: The Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project is like Habitat for Humanity’s Superbowl. During its nearly 40-year history, the Carter Work Project has traveled to 14 countries and brings together thousands of volunteers, celebrities, elected officials, and other VIPs to build homes and cast a global spotlight on the urgent importance of affordable housing. And this fall, the global spotlight is shining on Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity. Altogether, 4,000+ volunteers are coming together to build 35+ homes in St. Paul.

If you’re a Habitat homeowner, or you’re preparing to buy a home with Habitat, we want you to be involved in the Carter Work Project!

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Volunteer On Site

At the Carter Work Project

Volunteering at the Carter Work Project is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and we want you to join us! There are 20 volunteer spots reserved each day for Habitat homebuyers and homeowners. Here are more details:

Volunteer for one day or many!
You may bring one guest with you when you volunteer
Breakfast and lunch will be provided
Your build day will begin at 6:30 a.m. with offsite parking and transportation to the site for breakfast and a morning program. You’ll break for lunch, and wrap up volunteering for transportation back to the parking lot at 3:30 p.m.
You’ll receive Habitat swag, an honorarium (more below), and invites to attend the Carter Work Project Opening Ceremony and Build Forward Together Launch Party
Construction and Hospitality positions are available for full days or half days.

We expect there to be high demand for these volunteer spots—sign up today!

Share Your Story

At the Carter Work Project

Everyone has a valuable story to share. Sharing your homeownership experience inspires our community, provides awareness of homeownership, and helps more families buy homes. It’s the best way you can give back to the Habitat community! And as a thank you for sharing your story, you’ll receive an honorarium (more below).

There are many ways you can help share your Habitat story at the Carter Work Project:

Media Engagement
If you're volunteering one or more days at the Carter Work Project and you’re open to the idea of speaking with reporters about your experience, this opportunity is for you! Here’s what media engagement looks like:
- You’ll attend a brief storytelling and media training with other homeowners in August (date to be determined, and alternate options will be available if you can’t attend);
- You’ll have a brief interview with Habitat staff to create a bio that can be shared with media—you will be able to review and approve the bio;
- You’ll attend your volunteer day at the Carter Work Project as planned, and if needed you’ll be briefly pulled from volunteering for the media interview(s);
- Even if you end up not being interviewed, you’ll still receive the full honorarium
Breakfast Program Public Speaking
If you enjoy public speaking, OR public speaking makes you nervous but you want to learn, this opportunity is for you! You’ll briefly share your Habitat story in one of the daily breakfast programs to help inspire volunteers for the day. Here is what’s involved:
- You’ll attend a brief storytelling and media training with other homeowners in August (date to be determined, and alternate options will be available if you can’t attend)
- You’ll develop your three-minute Habitat story to share at one of the daily breakfast programs (report to the stage at 7:00 a.m.; program starts at 7:30 a.m.)
- You’re welcome to stay on site for media engagement and/or a full day of volunteering, and you’ll receive an honorarium for those as well!
Video Shoots

If you’re willing to share your story with a Habitat videographer during the summer leading up to Carter Work Project, this opportunity could be for you! Videos will be shown at events during Carter Work Project.

We're especially looking to feature Habitat homeowners who bought homes built during the 2010 Carter Work Project in the Twin Cities, and folks with kids who would love being on camera too! If you're interested, please reach out to homeowner@tchabitat.org.
Other Opportunities

Interested in sharing your story?

Enter your email below, select "Sharing My Story" from the drop-down list, and explain what you're interested in and a Habitat staff member will reach out to you.

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Carter Work Project Info Sessions

Register for one of our upcoming information sessions to learn more about how you can be involved with the Carter Work Project!

July Info Sessions

Online – Thursday, July 18 from 12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Online – Thursday, July 18 from 7:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Online – Tuesday, July 23 from 6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
1954 University Ave. West
St. Paul, MN 55104

Honorarium Policy

We appreciate the time and energy it takes for our homeowners and homebuyers to move our mission forward through participation in the Carter Work Project. As partners, we recognize this contribution by honorarium. An honorarium is a one-time payment made in gratitude for volunteering your time.

If a homeowner household provides media support and volunteering for the day, they will receive two one-time honoraria - one for each type of service.

Type of Service	Honorarium
Sharing your story through public speaking, media engagement or video shoots (Per commitment)	$150
On Site Full Day Volunteer (Per household per day)	$150

Honoraria will be distributed by check or gift card at the Info Desk on the day of service during the Carter Work Project. Those who would prefer to receive a check must submit a completed W9 form to homeowner@tchabitat.org no later than August 30, 2024. If you wish to receive a gift card, no action is required.

If distributed gift cards or checks exceed $600 in a year, funds will need to be included as income on state and federal taxes.

Disclaimer

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity (TCHFH) partners with clients to achieve affordable homeownership. Throughout the process, there are specific requirements that could include but are not limited to homebuyer education and coaching, to be fulfilled to get to a home closing and ownership of the home. Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity also provides volunteer opportunities for prospective homebuyer clients through our Volunteer and Learn Program that could include but are not limited to volunteering on a TCHFH build site or ReStore, speaking at an event at the request of TCHFH, or being featured in a TCHFH blog, photograph, or video. These volunteer activities are compensated per our Client Recognition Policy. Homeownership is not contingent upon any of these volunteer activities and in no way ensures that the client attains homeownership through Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity.