When former President Jimmy Carter entered hospice nearly 23 months ago, Habitat for Humanity International contacted every chapter — the Greater Salt Lake area chapter included — and asked them to build ceremonial walls to honor their most famous volunteer upon his death.
Month after month, time went on with the happy news of Carter’s continual living, but on Dec. 29, 2024, Carin Crowe, the executive director of Habitat for Humanity Greater Salt Lake, heard the news of the former president’s passing. With sadness, she got her crew together to build the wall.
Thursday morning, in the entryway of Utah’s Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Crowe led a small ceremony that included a blessing of the door and the connecting walls, sections of which will be placed in the next Habitat homes. She also noted that the public will be welcome to come and sign sections of the wall with well wishes and blessings for new homeowners…