Caught Doing Good
Local Nonprofit and Roofing Contractors Replace Gutter Guards for Ohio Veteran
By Evelyn Witterholt. Korean War-era veteran Robert Snider is thanked for his service with brand new gutter guards. For Robert Snider, a Korean War-era veteran, cleaning the gutters on his roof had become more than just an inconvenient task. He was actually given medical orders not to do roofing repairs ...
Marine Corps Veteran Gifted a Brand-New Roof
By Evelyn Witterholt. Habitat for Humanity donates a new roof to a veteran in need. When U.S. Marine Corps veteran James Marshall Jr. and his wife needed a new roof, they weren’t quite sure how they’d be able to get one. The couple resides in Hillsborough, Florida, a location prone ...
127-year-old Library Roof Restored Thanks to the Community
By Cass Jacoby. The town of Pequot, Connecticut raises $1.5 million in donations to restore historic library roof. Fixing the roof of the Pequot Library was a long overdue project. According to the architecture firm Pirie Associates who directed the restoration, it was “an urgent priority,” not only to preserve ...
Roofing Company Replaces Roof For Veteran Free of Charge
By Cass Jacoby. Generous contractors replace a roof for a veteran in Corpus Christi, Texas who desperately needed it. The roof of veteran Juan Manrique’s home on the 1000 block of St. Mary’s Street had been leaking since Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Juan reports that he would have to rearrange his ...
Nurse Wins a New Roof After Placing First in Essay Contest
By Evelyn Witterholt. The oncology nurse was delighted to get her roof replaced after her brother-in-law entered the contest for her. JoAnna Fabiano, a nurse from Howell, New Jersey, was pleasantly surprised after winning an essay contest she didn’t even know she had entered. Not only that, but the grand ...
Veteran Gifted New Roof While Paying for Gas
By Cass Jacoby. How a chance encounter at a gas station in White Cloud, Michigan became a brand-new roof for this Army veteran. Army veteran Jeannie Sconyers was waiting in the line at her local gas station when she was handed a flyer that was the key to a brand-new ...
Army Veteran Receives Roof Replacement on Generational Home
By Cass Jacoby. The Owens Corning National Roof Deployment Project helps secure a roof over another veteran’s head. U.S. Army veteran Ronald Johnson received a new roof from ARAC Roof It Forward last July as part of the Owens Corning National Roof Deployment Project. Ronald lives in ...
Veteran Known for Helping Other Veterans Receives Free Roof Replacement From Community
By Cass Jacoby. Vietnam veteran in Pennsylvania is gifted roof from his community. Walter Torres has lived in his Lansdale, Pennsylvania home since 1976. Walter fixed up his roof in 1995, but recently problems have begun to start with his roof again, and he wasn’t able to make ...
96-year-old Veteran Receives Surprise Free Roof
By Cass Jacoby. Keith Gauvin Roofing finds the perfect candidate for their first “on the house” roof giveaway. Keith Gauvin, of Keith Gauvin Roofing, had been thinking for some time now that he wanted to do a free roof giveaway when he met Geroge Evans. The 96-year-old veteran ...
It Was a Deeply Empowering SheBuild 2021!
By Cass Jacoby. This year's SheBuild event was extra special, as women across generations came together to build a roof for Miss Betty Danielle. We sat down to talk about the event with Rae July, who serves as the co-chair for the local National Women in Roofing council in Seattle ...
