Caught Doing Good
“Raise the Roof” Contest Celebrates Life of 107-year-old Hattie Ethel Bowman
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Streamline Roofing salutes the old Virginian with a new roof and festivities for all four generations of Hattie’s family. When Streamline Roofing reached out to the community asking for Williamsburg residents who deserve a new roof, Hattie’s grandson, Michael Bowman and his wife Tara ...
Sense of Community Rekindled for Veterans of Foreign Wars With Roof Repair
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. A fellow veteran and owner of a roofing company provides a free roof to Post 9960, giving the community the hope they needed to persevere through the pandemic. VFW is usually the organization serving the community, but this time, the organization was taken care ...
U.S. Navy Veteran Celebrates 71st Birthday With New Roof
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Willie Brown III was gifted a $12,000 roof, and peace of mind, for his Gallatin home just in time. Willie Brown III turned 71 on April 26, days after a successful roof install. Willie's roof was installed by My Roofing Crew, in partnership with ...
Army Veteran Has New Roof Over Her Head Thanks to "Roof Deployment Project”
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Courtesy of Habitat For Humanity and Owen’s Corning, Rose Smith no longer needs to worry about the next time it rains. Rose Smith is a former U.S. Army Veteran who currently lives in Pico Rivera, California. When she was in dire need of ...
Veteran Thanked for His Service With New Roof
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Volunteers show their appreciation by providing much needed roof repair for free to this Air Force veteran Robert Bensen is a U.S. Air Force veteran living in Chesterfield, Virginia. After more than a year of using buckets and tarps to catch the water leaking ...
Retired Navy Couple Gets Surprise Roof Replacement
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Jim Hodgson never suspected one day someone would offer him a $7,000 roof for free because of his service, and was shocked and honored when the repairs were done. It’s not every day that someone knocks on your door and offers you a free ...
Veteran Honored for His Service With New Roof
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. 70-year-old U.S. Army veteran welcomed his third grandchild into the world a day before watching a new roof being installed on his home. Having served in the Army from 1969-87, Kevin Hughes, and his wife Kathy, are humbled to be the first recipients ...
Helping Those in Need One Shingle at a Time
By Lauren White. The NWIR Oregon council is dedicated to helping shelter and protect families, women and children in their community. We’ve had a whirlwind last couple years between the Coronavirus, material shortages in the industry and the devastation the nation endured from wildfires, ice storms, hurricanes and more. ...
Orlando Commissioner Assembles Community to Renovate 93-year-old's Home
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. After a year of isolation in the pandemic made this senior’s home unlivable, the commissioner and community found a way to give back and improve her quality of life. The owner of the Parramore home in Orlando, who wishes to remain anonymous, has lived ...
Army Veteran Overwhelmed With Gratitude by Support From Veteran Housing Programs
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. After over a decade of protecting others, Chris Hayes and his family are gifted protection in the form of a new roof. Chris and Vanessa Hayes had been saving up for a new roof for years, “We were just waiting for the financial bit ...
