Caught Doing Good
Air Force Veteran Recipient of New Roof
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Unable to afford the repairs herself, Judy Hall was surprised with a free new roof. A deserving Air Force veteran in Corpus Christi, Texas was the recipient of a surprise re-roof. Judy Hall was unable to have her hurricane damaged roof repaired due to financial issues. ...
A Day Giving Back to Military Heroes
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. 20 volunteers got their hands dirty making improvements to a Florida-based veteran organization that provides veterans access to adaptive outdoor activities. Volunteers spent the day in Tampa Bay, Florida building, cleaning, and organizing at the Black Dagger Military Hunt Club’s Range Day. Attorney Lee Tomlinson from ...
The Gift of Giving Uplifts an Upstate New York Roofing and Painting Company
By Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS Partner. Upstate Roofing and Painting partners with the Roofing Alliance and Ronald McDonald House Charities© Initiative. In April of 2017, the Roofing Alliance, with the focused efforts of Roofing Alliance members and staff, began working with Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC) to create a partnership that would ...
ARCA Young Professionals Donate A Roof To Phoenix Dog Rescue
The Young Professionals (YP’s) of Arizona Roofing Contractors Association were introduced to Kathy Hamel, founder of the non-profit Arizona Shih Tzu and Small Breed Rescue Inc. Their mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome Shih Tzu’s as well as small mixed and purebred dogs. The rescue also helps animals in the ...
SRS Distribution Raised the Bar with Raise the Roof Fundraiser
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. The event at the International Roofing Expo® featured a performance by Journey and appearance by President George W. Bush. One of the most fun things about attending the International Roofing Expo are the customer appreciation events. SRS put a different spin on the fun this year ...
Police Department Helps One of Their Own Get a New Roof
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. A 911 dispatcher no longer needs to use her tax refund to pay for a new roof thanks to the generosity of her coworkers and local roofing company. As a 911 dispatcher in Ocean City, New Jersey, a mom of two, and battling breast cancer, Amber Adoranto ...
Roof Repaired for 80-Year-Old Woman
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. With snow entering a Michigan resident’s home, a local company pitched in to raise funds to repair the hole. Anyone with a roof over their heads knows the comfort of being warm, dry, and protected from the elements. This is especially true during the winter when ...
Kelly Roofing’s Holiday Outreach: Donating the Materials and Labor for a Deserving Local Family
Protecting Naples roofs with care, consistency, innovation and using expertise for the good of hurricane survivors. Kelly Roofing, a roofing contractor dedicated to serving their industry and state with care, consistency and communication, gives away a free roof to a local family in need every holiday season. This holiday season, Gloria and ...
GCP Applied Technologies Teams Up with Sweenor Builders on Habitat for Humanity Project
Product donation provides weather-protected home for Rhode Island cancer survivor. GCP Applied Technologies (NYSE:GCP), a leading global provider of construction products technologies, is pleased to announce that they partnered with Sweenor Builders Incorporated to donate roofing product for their 2019 Habitat for Humanity project in South Kingston, Rhode Island. For years, Sweenor ...
Recycled Throw-away Plastics Build Homes
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. A Kenyan scientist has taken recycling to a whole new level. In Kenya, Hope Mwanake, an environmental scientist, has found a way to convert plastic and glass waste into roof tiles and other construction materials. Kenya is facing a plastic pollution crisis. In Gilgil, one of ...
