Caught Doing Good
Veteran Gifted New Roof While Paying For Gas
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. How a chance encounter at 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 ...
Roofing Company Replaces Roof For Veteran Free of Charge
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. 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 ...
Hospital Roof Garden Improves Patient Care
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Hospital installs eight raised garden beds on roof as part of initiative to provide food to patients and relieve resident stress. Resident Deanna Huffman starts her typical afternoon shift for the Allegheny General Hospital sweeping around the garden beds and pruning the tomatoes. It might seem odd for residents at a hospital to have “harvest peas” ...
GAF and Good360 Partner to Strengthen Storm Response in the Southeast
New community redistribution center in Mobile, Alabama to source highly needed goods following disasters. GAF, North America's largest roofing and waterproofing manufacturer, and Good360, the global leader in product philanthropy and purposeful giving, have expanded their partnership to establish a new community redistribution center to provide disaster relief support throughout the ...
96-year-old Veteran Receives Surprise Free Roof
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. 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 served as a medic in the ...
JM Joins Insulate America to Give Kids Spaces to Just Be Kids
By Johns Manville. JM provides six clubhouses to act as safe and fun spaces for sick and abused children. This past June, Johns Manville (JM) sponsored Insulate America as they built six clubhouses for children in the Monterey County area. The children receiving the clubhouses are survivors of diseases and domestic violence. The build at the ...
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity Constructs Home for Couple That Has Spent Seven Years Apart
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. GAF partners with Habitat for Humanity to provide roof materials and labor to build the first habitat home in Batavia, Illinois. Janice and George Owino both grew up in Kenya. Janice moved to the United States and studied chemistry, after four years apart, she flew back to Kenya to marry George. Since then, ...
Peace and Stability Gifted to U.S. Army Veteran
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Monya Collins and her family excitedly envision their new life as they watch their home form before their eyes. Thanks to the third annual Veteran Build put on by Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity, Monya Collins and her three children are getting a new home. The Coloradan veteran served for five years in the Army and Colorado ...
Antis Roofing and IB Roof Systems Team Up To Do Some Good
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. When a new roof was urgently needed for the Boys and Girls Club of Laguna Beach, two companies came to the rescue. To start, the Club’s administration reached out to longtime community partner Charles Antis. Charles is the CEO and founder of Antis Roofing and Waterproofing, who has supported numerous nonprofits with roofing ...
Make-A-Wish® Receives $225,000 Donation from RCASF to Grant Wishes to Children with Critical Illnesses
Annual fishing tournament gains support from the roofing industry. The roofing community is making a splash in South Florida with the largest non-corporate donation to The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida as well as a substantial donation to the International Game Fish Association (IGFA). The tournament raised $225,000 to grant 45 ‘Wishes’ for Make-A-Wish ...
