Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood's longstanding kinship with 98-year-old former president Jimmy Carter and his wife, 96-year-old Rosalynn Carter, positioned the country star couple to head this year's Habitat for Humanity Carter Work Project.
Through the Carters have retired from the public eye due to health concerns, Habitat For Humanity announced that the event "will take place as planned in Charlotte, NC, [on] Oct. 1-6."
Per Southern Living, Brooks and Yearwood will lead a team of over 1,000 volunteers that'll aim to construct 27 affordable houses.
"Though we could never fill their shoes, we are so incredibly honored to be given the opportunity to carry President and Mrs. Carter's legacy forward through the continuation of the Carter Work Project," Brooks shared (as quoted by Southern Living).
Jimmy entered hospice care at his Georgia home on Feb. 19. The following month, Rosalynn was diagnosed with dementia. The couple will not attend this year's event.
The Carters have been involved with Habitat For Humanity for 35 years. Brooks and Yearwood have supported the cause since 2007.
"Habitat is a great reminder to me of how grateful I need to be on a daily basis," Brooks shared in a statement. "I believe the adage, 'To whom much is given, from him much is expected.' Part of my job in life is to give back, and this is a wonderful way for me to give back."
"I grew up in a small town, and if you needed something, the whole community rallied. I think that is what draws me to Habitat," Yearwood added. "In the days you work on a house, you quickly become a community. I will always be that small-town girl, and I like that small-town feeling that we are all in this together. Habitat gives me that."
