Following the death of former President Jimmy Carter, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity and its international network will host a tribute next week to remember Carter and his long-time support of the organization.

From Tuesday to Thursday, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity will display two walls that can be signed by visitors during open-house style events in St. Paul and New Brighton, according to a press release. The two walls will include doors in them to symbolize the “doors of opportunity” that Carter helped create through his service work, according to the press release.

The St. Paul location will be open for wall signings from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday to Thursday at the Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity’s home office at 1954 University Avenue W. The second location will be available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day from Tuesday to Thursday at the New Brighton ReStore Home Improvement Outlet at 510 County Rd. D West.

Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, along with his wife Rosalynn, for more than 40 years.

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity hosted the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project in 2010 and the fall of 2024, which celebrated Carter’s 100th birthday.

Thousands of volunteers built 30 homes at The Heights on St. Paul’s Greater East Side, with nearly 150 homes expected to be developed.

During the 2010 visit, the former president helped build or rehab a dozen homes in a corner of North Minneapolis hard-hit by the foreclosure crisis at the time.

The Carters were the inaugural honorees of the organization’s Habitat Humanitarians in 2016, the organization’s highest honor.

The Carters brought international attention to the need for decent, affordable housing, said Jonathan Reckford, Habitat for Humanity International CEO in a press release following Carter’s death.

“We are grateful for the incredible impact the Carters have had on Habitat and on the families who have benefited from their shining example. The Carters put Habitat for Humanity on the map, and their legacy lives on in every family we serve around the world,” Reckford said.

Messages can also be left online in the organization’s virtual memory book.

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