The Atlanta Habitat for Humanity ReStore is honoring former President Jimmy Carter with a memorial door, giving the public a unique way to leave tributes, share memories, and celebrate his legacy.

A symbolic blue hard hat was placed at the Carter Center Memorial by Habitat for Humanity’s CEO, honoring the 39th president’s tireless humanitarian efforts. The centerpiece of this tribute is a white door installation, currently at the Atlanta ReStore, that invites volunteers, staff, and customers to leave handwritten messages to President Carter.

Smyrna-based Habitat for Humanity of NW Metro Atlanta is celebrating the life and service of President Jimmy Carter by inviting the public to sign a Memorial Door and Frame project

President Jimmy Carter’s legacy of giving back endures in several nonprofits through which he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, worked in the almost 50 years after they left the White House.

Carter’s work for the housing advocacy group began in Georgia, when Habitat’s original founders, Millard and Linda Fuller, approached the president and former first lady Rosalynn Smith Carter with the idea of empowering people to commit their own labor to build their homes — with the help of an army of volunteers.

Well-wishers attend Jan. 2025 public viewing of late Georgia ex-President Jimmy Carter, whose funeral services held in Atlanta and DC.

The Coca-Cola Foundation announced it would contribute $250,000 to The Carter Center and $250,000 to Habitat for Humanity, another passion of the former president who died last month at 100. The Home Depot also has donated $250,000 to Habitat for Humanity in honor of Carter.

This week, his enduring legacy was celebrated with heartfelt tributes-- the latest by Atlanta Habitat for Humanity. A symbolic blue hard hat was placed at the Carter Center Memorial by Habitat for ...