In 2019, the Carters transitioned their ambassadorship to Garth and Trisha.
“I just think President Carter loves you so much,” Yearwood said. “He loves Garth.”
“We’re not taking over for them. Nobody can,” Brooks emphasized. “This is the Carter Work Project, and as long as we’re involved, this will be a Carter work project.”
The country music power couple says they’ve been hooked ever since they first started volunteering with the Carters after Hurricane Katrina.
“We were impressed,” Yearwood said. “We had to up our game just to keep up with them.”
“Next thing you know you’re out there hammering, you’re talking, ‘What do you do?,'” Brooks explained, “I’m the person moving in here they say, and you’re working right next to them. How cool is that?”
When all is said and done, 39 new homes will be built in Charlotte. Volunteers are building 23 this week, plus an additional four homes on New Pineola Road. It’s all for families who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford houses like this. Brooks and Yearwood will be in Charlotte for the entire week, making sure they’re a part of like like Carters always did.
“We just want to extend the legacy and honor them,” Brooks explained. “Let’s say 20 years from now, if we are doing a Carter work project, the president and Mrs. Rosalynn will be here.”
WCNC Charlotte’s been covering the Carter Work Project’s new development in Charlotte for several months, including Jimmy Carter’s history of helping in Charlotte and the legacy of the Plato Price School, which was once a centerpiece of Charlotte’s African American community.
