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The recent 2019 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project held in Nashville, TN, marked the 36th year that the former president and first lady have built alongside volunteers and future Habitat homeowners.
It also marked the first plastic-free build for the volunteer base where water for the 700 daily volunteers was provided by CannedWater4Kids.
Former President Carter and his wife were joined by country music artists Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood and Eric Paslay, and his wife Natalie, Suzy Bogguss, Riders in Sky, Mark Wills, Don Schlitz, NHL Predators and Titans rookie class players to spotlight the need for safe and affordable housing.
The approximate 700 volunteers a day over five days worked side by side to build 21 Habitat for Humanity homes. Together, they built roofs, walls and a strengthened sense of community.
“Finding a way to hydrate 700 people every day, while stepping up our commitment to sustainability was one of the most challenging logistics I faced on the 2019 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project build site,” said Sherry Stinson, Nashville Carter Work Project lead. “When I heard we could source canned water from CannedWater4kids (CW4K), a non-profit with a mission to fund sustainable water projects in developing countries through its canned water sales, I knew it was a great fit. In turn, this Carter Work Project was able to offer aluminum canned water to its volunteer base and not plastic water bottles while helping to fund clean water initiatives.”
The CW4K canned water was donated to the build by Atlanta-based Novelis, the global leader in flat-rolled aluminum products and the world’s largest recycler of aluminum.
It also marked the first plastic-free build for the volunteer base where water for the 700 daily volunteers was provided by CannedWater4Kids.
Former President Carter and his wife were joined by country music artists Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood and Eric Paslay, and his wife Natalie, Suzy Bogguss, Riders in Sky, Mark Wills, Don Schlitz, NHL Predators and Titans rookie class players to spotlight the need for safe and affordable housing.
The approximate 700 volunteers a day over five days worked side by side to build 21 Habitat for Humanity homes. Together, they built roofs, walls and a strengthened sense of community.
“Finding a way to hydrate 700 people every day, while stepping up our commitment to sustainability was one of the most challenging logistics I faced on the 2019 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project build site,” said Sherry Stinson, Nashville Carter Work Project lead. “When I heard we could source canned water from CannedWater4kids (CW4K), a non-profit with a mission to fund sustainable water projects in developing countries through its canned water sales, I knew it was a great fit. In turn, this Carter Work Project was able to offer aluminum canned water to its volunteer base and not plastic water bottles while helping to fund clean water initiatives.”
The CW4K canned water was donated to the build by Atlanta-based Novelis, the global leader in flat-rolled aluminum products and the world’s largest recycler of aluminum.