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Table of Contents Introduction Welcome & Carter Work Project Overview – pg. 3 Preparing to Volunteer Recommended Clothing – pg.4 Tools & Safety Equipment – pg. 4 Required Gear Pick-Up – pg. 4 Additional Considerations – pg. 4 The Build Week Schedule – pg. 6-8 Parking and Transportation – pg. 9 Parking Map, Directions to Parking Lot, Shuttle Service – pg. 9-12 Breakfast & Lunch – pg.13 Merchandise & Inclement Weather – pg.13 Special Events Opening Ceremony – pg. 14 Celebration Dinner – pg. 14 Closing Ceremony & Cowtown Brushup – pg. 14 Habitat for Humanity Overview Trinity Habitat for Humanity Profile – pg. 15 Habitat for Humanity International Profile – pg. 15 Central Meadowbrook Neighborhood & Info – pg. 16 Guidelines for Interacting with the Carters – pg. 17 Welcome Dear Carter Work Project Volunteer, We are thrilled that you are joining Trinity Habitat for Humanity for the 31st Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Fort Worth, TX! Thank you for being a part of this historic moment in our community and a life-changing experience for everyone involved! Ever since President Carter made the announcement last year that he and Rosalynn would be building in Fort Worth’s Central Meadowbrook neighborhood this year, our team has been

   

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busy planning for this exciting build week and most importantly for your arrival. Whether you are with us for a day or the full week, you will be a part of Trinity Habitat’s partnership with Fort Worth and Central Meadowbrook to revitalize the neighborhood! Thank you again for your time, labor, compassion and dedication! In partnership, Trinity Habitat for Humanity Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project Overview The Carters became involved with Habitat for Humanity in 1984 when, as an experienced carpenter, he helped renovate a six-story New York City apartment building. That initial project was the seed for what would become a long-lasting partnership. Every year for three decades, the Carters have spent a week building homes with Habitat for Humanity.The Carters' yearly commitment to Habitat – called the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project – brings a spotlight to the local host community and an enthusiasm for Habitat for Humanity’s work across the globe. The 31st annual Carter Work Project will take place October 5–11 in Fort Worth and Dallas,Texas.

Preparing to Volunteer Recommended Clothing Clothing should be comfortable and appropriate for the weather conditions. The average temperature the first week of October is 58 degrees in the morning and 81 degrees in the afternoon. Volunteers are asked to wear their 2014 Carter Work Project T-shirts. Sturdy work boots or shoes are required for the work site. Sandals, flip-flops and open-toed shoes are NOT allowed on the work site. Tools & Safety Equipment Trinity Habitat for Humanity will provide the tools, materials and safety equipment including hard hats. Volunteers who own safety equipment and hand tools (personal power tools are prohibited from Habitat construction sites) are welcome to bring those items. Please note though, you will be walking around the site and anything you bring will be your responsibility to keep up with! In terms of safety equipment, all volunteers are required to wear a hard hat and safety glasses at all times while working on the construction site which Trinity Habitat will provide for you when you arrive.

   

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Required Gear Pick-Up Volunteers participating in the Carter Work Project will each receive a T-shirt and nametag. Volunteers are required to pick up these items prior to the start of the Project. Gear will be available for pick up October 1, 2 and 3 between 4pm-7pm at the Trinity Habitat office, 3345 South Jones Street, Fort Worth, TX 76110. Gear will be available for pick up at the Marriott Courtyard Blackstone Hotel on October 5 from 2pm - 7pm for all out of town volunteers. Additional Considerations Volunteers should remember to bring personal items such as medications, contact solution and other items needed to ensure a safe & healthy experience. DRINK WATER! And Eat Foods High in Potassium Drinking plenty of water is the number one way to help your body adjust easily to the heat. Foods such as broccoli, bananas, avocado, cantaloupe, celery, greens, bran, granola, dates, dried fruit, potatoes and tomatoes will help you replenish electrolytes by balancing salt intake. Pack for Sun and Rain Bring sunglasses, sunscreen and lip balm. Also, bring rain gear (i.e., coat, hat, etc.).

Enjoy Yourself We anticipate the weather will be beautiful this time of year. Just follow these simple tips and you will have a great experience!

   

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The Build Week  

Monday, October 6th

Activity Time

Registration and Hospitality Volunteer Arrival * 5:45am – 6:00am

Construction Leadership Volunteer Arrival ** 6:00am - 6:15am

General Construction Volunteers 6:30am – 7:15am

All Volunteers Have Breakfast and Will Sit in the Food Tent

7:30am – 8:45am

President Carter leads Morning Devotion 8:00am – 8:30am

Announcements and Safety Briefing 8:30am – 8:45am

Released to House Sites (Follow Site Hosts) 8:45am

Construction Begins 9:00am

Lunch Break *** 11:30am -12:45pm

Work Resumes on House Sites 1:00pm – 4:30pm

End of Shift 4:30pm      

Tuesday, October 7th

Activity Time

Registration and Hospitality Volunteer Arrival * 5:45am – 6:00am

Construction Leadership Volunteer Arrival ** 6:00am - 6:15am

General Construction Volunteers 6:30am – 7:15am

   

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All Volunteers Have Breakfast and Will Sit in the Food Tent

7:00am – 7:45am

Announcements and Safety Briefing 7:30am – 7:45am

Released to House Sites (Follow Site Hosts) 7:45am – 7:50am

Construction Begins 8:00am

Lunch Break *** 11:30am -12:45pm

Work Resumes on House Sites 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Volunteers Assembled for House Photos w/ The Carters

3:05pm - 3:20pm

Photos with Volunteers 3:30pm – 4:30pm End of Shift 4:30pm  

 Wednesday - Friday, October 8th – 10th

Activity Time

Registration and Hospitality Volunteer Arrival 6:00 am

Construction Leadership Volunteer Arrival 6:00am - 6:15am

General Construction Volunteers 6:30am – 7:15am

All Volunteers Have Breakfast 7:00am – 7:45 am

Announcements and Safety Briefing 7:30am – 7:45am Released to House Sites (Follow Site Hosts) 7:45am – 7:50am

Construction Begins 8:00am

Lunch Break*** 11:30am -12:45pm

Work Resumes on House Sites 1:00pm – 4:30pm

End of Shift 4:30pm

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Monday and Tuesday’s activities include some time constraints specifically related to the Carter’s build event participation. Thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation. *Registration and Hospitality volunteers will arrive to the event site first. **Construction volunteers will arrive in multiple shifts between 6:00 and 7:15 am. With the Construction Site Leadership arriving first in order to prepare for the work day. ***Lunch activities will take place with the entire group. However, houses will be released in shifts to be served. Parking Trinity Habitat is anticipating 600 volunteers each day, and, in order to be respectful of the Central Meadowbrook neighborhood residents, volunteers are required to park at the large parking lot 0.04 miles down E. Lancaster Ave where they will be shuttled to/from the construction site. The address of the parking lot is: 5701 Craig Street, Fort Worth, TX 76112. Transportation Volunteers will board shuttle buses at the Craig Street parking lot and will be dropped off at the construction site. Out of town volunteers staying at the Marriott Blackstone will be transported from the hotel to the construction site as well. Should volunteers need to leave the construction site prior to the end of the workday due to injury or family emergency a shuttle bus will be available throughout the day for transportation back to the Craig Street parking lot.

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Directions to Event Parking Lot on Craig Street & Construction Site:

! From I-30/Tom Landry Hwy: Exit I-820 South, from I-820 South take exit 30B toward Lancaster Avenue. Turn right onto TX-180W/E. Lancaster Ave. Head west on E. Lancaster (0.4 mi). Turn right onto Stark St. The parking lot is on the corner of Stark and Craig Streets and will be clearly marked and visible from Lancaster.

! From I-20W/Ronald Reagan Memorial Hwy: Exit US-287 N. Keep right onto US-287 N. Keep straight onto I-820N/US-287 N. Take exit 30A, and take the ramp right for E. Loop 820 S toward Lancaster St. Take ramp right and follow signs for TX-180. Keep straight onto TX-180/E. Lancaster Ave. Turn left onto TX-180 W/E. Lancaster Ave. Head west on E. Lancaster (0.4 mi). Turn right onto Stark St. The parking lot is on the corner of Stark and Craig Streets and will be clearly marked and visible from Lancaster.

! Address to use for your personal navigation system is 5701 Craig St.,

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! CONSTRUCTION SITE: The Trinity Habitat for Humanity Carter Project construction build site in Fort Worth is centrally located and easily accessible from all major freeways. The site is located one block off of East Lancaster Avenue; near the corner of East Lancaster and Emily between the 5300 and 5400 block of East Lancaster. If you need an address for your personal navigation device use: 5400 East Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76112.

   

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Shuttle Schedule Between Hotel and Build Site

Morning

Depart Hotel

Arrive @ Build Site

Bus for Construction Leadership, and any Hospitality Volunteers Staying at Hotel

6:00 am 6:15 am

General Construction Volunteers

6:15 am 6:30 am 6:45 am 7:00 am

6:30 am 6:45 am 7:00 am 7:15 am

Afternoon

Depart Build Site

Arrive @ Hotel

General Construction Volunteers

4:30 pm 4:45 pm 5:00 pm 5:15 pm

4:45 pm 5:00 pm 5:15 pm 5:30 pm

Bus for Construction Leadership Staying at Hotel

5:30 pm 5:45 pm

 

Shuttle Schedule To & From Event Parking Lot

Morning

Start End Shuttle vans will run from the Event

Parking lot to the Build Site every 10 minutes

5:45 am 7:30 am

Afternoon

Start End Shuttle vans will run from the Build Site

to the Event Parking lot every 10 minutes

4:30 pm 5:50 pm

Breakfast and Lunch Local businesses have generously donated breakfast & lunch for the Carter Work Project volunteers and will be available under the Hospitality Tent. Unfortunately, Habitat for Humanity is not able to accommodate dietary restrictions. Thank you for your understanding! Snacks Habitat will be providing both a morning and afternoon snack. The snacks will be delivered to each house.

   

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Merchandise Trinity Habitat for Humanity merchandise will be available for purchase each day. Merchandise will be for sale before and after building and during the lunch break. Cash or credit cards will be accepted. Inclement Weather Notification It is not uncommon to have an unexpected light rain in North Texas. Please do not assume the site is closed if it rains. Report to the site for the day and we will serve breakfast and lunch as planned. SHOULD we receive notification of impending inclement weather, we will post notifications on Facebook and send a mass notification via text and email by 6am.

Special Events Opening Ceremony: Sunday, October 5th The opening ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, October 5th from 4:30pm – 6:30pm at the Annette Strauss Square in Dallas. The address is: 2403 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201. The ceremony will include entertainment, light food and a welcome from the President & Mrs. Carter and other VIPs! For out-of-town volunteers staying at the Marriott Blackstone, transportation will be provided from the hotel to the square at 4:00pm and back to the hotel from the square at 6:30pm. Celebration Dinner & Concert: Thursday, October 9th The Celebration Dinner, “Building Hope,” will be held on Thursday, October 9th at ATT Stadium in Arlington, home of the Dallas Cowboys. There is a great program planned including remarks by President and Mrs. Carter, a performance by Wynonna Judd and more. Please join us! The general reception begins at 6:30 pm, dinner, program and entertainment begin at 7:45 & the event ends at 10:00. The dress code is business casual with a Texas flair. Please visit the Celebration Dinner ticket web page to purchase tickets: https://community.dallas-habitat.org/pages/building-hope-celebration-dinner. The deadline for purchasing tickets is October 1st.

   

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Closing Ceremony, Saturday, October 10th The closing ceremony will begin at 8:00am and end at approximately 9:00am and take place in Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth. All parking meters and parking garages are FREE in downtown Fort Worth on weekends. Coffee will be provided! We will dismiss from there to begin the COWTOWN BRUSHUP!

Habitat for Humanity Overview Trinity Habitat for Humanity Profile Trinity Habitat for Humanity is committed to building quality workforce housing that transforms families and communities. We are an independent affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, a non-denominational Christian housing ministry and global home-building movement. Habitat is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes; advocating for fair and just housing policies. Locally, we were founded by volunteers in 1989, and since then, have built more than 500 homes in Tarrant, Johnson, Parker, and Wise Counties, housing over 1,515 people. In addition, we have repaired and/or painted another 786 homes.

Habitat for Humanity International Profile Habitat for Humanity International’s vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Anchored by the conviction that housing provides a critical foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty, Habitat has helped more than 4 million people construct, rehabilitate or preserve homes since 1976. Habitat also advocates to improve access to decent and affordable shelter and supports a variety of funding models that enable families with limited resources to make needed improvements on their homes as their time and resources allow. As a nonprofit Christian housing organization, Habitat works in more than 70 countries and welcomes people of all races, religions and nationalities to partner in its mission. Central Meadowbrook Neighborhood Central Meadowbrook is a thriving community on the eastside of Fort Worth. The proximity to downtown, Loop 820, and I-30 make it an ideal location for families needing access to areas in Northern, Southern, and Eastern Tarrant County. The Central Meadowbrook Neighborhood Association is active and involved in the growth and development of their community. The multi-ethnic NHA is made up of members who have lived in the community for 30+ years and young families who are just starting their families and investing in their future. Today, neighborhood residents are looking to the future and

   

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eagerly participating in a City-lead neighborhood planning process and working with city council members and numerous community groups to revitalize their neighborhood.

Brief History of Van Natta and Greenlee Streets Van Natta and Greenlee Streets are located on the southeastern end of the community. From approximately 1984, an apartment complex occupied both sides of Van Natta and a collection of four-plex apartment units were constructed on Greenlee. In the mid 1990s, after years of changing and, in some cases, absentee ownership, the apartment communities on both streets were demolished. In 2000-2001, the vacant property was foreclosed on by the City of Fort Worth. For much of the last 20 years, the vacant lots have been attractive to vagrants and people looking for places to dump trash.

Transformation Trinity Habitat for Humanity will build 24 single family houses on these lots (the majority during the 2014 Carter Work Project). The new development will create an attractive entrance transition from the Lancaster corridor. The development will represent $2,000,000 in financial investment to this community and generate approximately an additional $50,000 annually in property tax revenue. The new houses will not only transform the lives of our new Habitat homeowners, but will also transform this part of the community!

Interacting with President and Mrs. Carter during the Construction Week

While President and Mrs. Carter are building on site and attending the opening ceremony, celebration dinner and closing ceremony please respect their limited time schedule and do not approach the Carters for photos or special requests.

You will have an opportunity to have a professional group photo taken with the Carters, the homeowner(s), and volunteers on your project site on Tuesday, October 7th. You will be able to access those photos online after the event. Thank you in advance for you cooperation!

Find your photo with the Carters:

• Same-day photo at flickr.com/habitatforhumanity • High-res photos available Oct. 28 at habitat.org/cwp/2014 • Share your photos: #HabitatCWP