Former US President Jimmy Carter celebrates turning 100 in town where he was born

Jimmy Carter’s day volition beryllium marked by the broadcasting of a payment performance and the operation of 30 caller societal lodging homes successful a task led led by state euphony giants Garth Brooks, who worked alongside the Carters for years

Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to service arsenic US president, Jimmy Carter turns 100 today.

Although helium remains nether location hospice care, his household volition observe the milestone successful the aforesaid southbound Georgia municipality wherever helium was calved successful 1924. Carter’s day volition beryllium marked by the broadcasting of a payment performance and the operation of 30 caller societal lodging homes.

The star-studded gig astatine Atlanta’s Fox Theatre earlier successful September raised wealth to enactment the planetary programs of The Carter Center, which Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter founded successful 1982 with the ngo to “ wage peace, combat disease, and physique hope.”

Meanwhile, thousands of Habitat for Humanity volunteers gathered connected Monday to physique 30 homes successful St Paul, Minnesota, implicit 5 days, led by state euphony giants Garth Brooks, who worked alongside the Carters for years, opening with projects successful Hurricane Katrina's catastrophe area.

The erstwhile president's narration with Habitat for Humanity stretches backmost 40 years, to erstwhile the mates went to New York City connected a physique successful 1984.

“The representation of a president of the United States sleeping successful a religion basement and physically helping rehab a tenement gathering captured the world,” said Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International. The Carters went connected to physique homes annually for 35 years.