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Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter was out of hospital and at the Habitat for Humanity build site in St. James to fire up the volunteer builders on Friday.

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Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter was out of hospital and at the Habitat for Humanity build site in St. James to fire up the volunteer builders on Friday.

Carter was taken to hospital after collapsing with dehydration on Thursday morning where he had spent two hours working on the site. Carter, with his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, left St. Boniface General Hospital on Friday morning and went directly to Lyle Street. That’s where 21 homes are being built by Habitat at the site of the Winnipeg Police Service’s former St. James district station.

Rowena Sara, a spokeswoman for Habitat for Humanity International, said on Friday that Carter attended the daily morning devotional at 8 a.m., and participated in “kicking off the last day of Habitat’s 34th Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project. “He is resting now and will join us for the closing ceremony.”

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Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn are greeted by volunteers on Lyle Street Friday morning part of the Habitat for Humanity’s 34th Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project.
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn are greeted by volunteers on Lyle Street Friday morning part of the Habitat for Humanity’s 34th Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project.

The ceremony is being held at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The ceremony is where the Carters plan to thank the volunteers and sponsors for their work and help and announce where the Carter Work Project will be held next year.

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