Caught Doing Good
New Jersey Nurse Receives a New Roof After Tragedy
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Organizations come together to provide a roof to a deserving person. Morris Habitat for Humanity, Blue Nail Roofing and GAF Roofing came together in June to provide a new roof for Kristina “Tina” Scorpo. Tina is a maternity nurse who has been treating ...
How to be a Good Neighbor
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Elwood, Kansas residents come together to save a man’s home from condemnation. Tammy Rucker, a long-time Elwood resident, grew up with the Elwood man whose home had fallen into a dire condition. She noticed the city was voting to condemn his house and took action ...
Drive-Through Farmer’s Market Provides Fresh Food While Maintaining Social Distancing
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Interfaith Food Pantry partners with GAF to help over 500 families. Low-income families and individuals, as well as seniors on fixed incomes, continue to struggle to find access to healthy foods and fresh produce. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, this problem has only become more complex. The ...
Korellis Roofing Repairs Boys and Girls Club Roof
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Indiana-based roofing company donates labor and materials to local Boys and Girls Club. Korellis Roofing, located in Hammond, Indiana, donated time, labor and materials to repair the roof of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Northwest Indiana. The Boys and Girls Club works ...
Rutter Roofing Awards a New Roof to Local Army Veteran
As the winner of the veteran-aimed promotion, Oberholtzer will receive a free CertainTeed roof system, to be installed the first week of July courtesy of Rutter Roofing. Rutter Roofing, a full-service, family-owned-and-operated exterior remodeling company located in Malvern, is awarding Lower Pottsgrove resident retired Army Sgt. Joe Oberholtzer with a brand ...
Generous Shingle Donation Gives Beacon of Hope Runner Up a New Roof
By Karen L. Edwards, RCS Editor. Minnesota veteran was struggling to save for a new roof because of son’s expensive medication. Beacon Building Products launched their Beacon of Hope program as a way to give back to veterans who have served our country. They team up with veteran-friendly roofing companies to deliver ...
Companies Partner to Provide Free Roof for Navy Veteran
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Roof Deployment Project takes off in Lane County, Oregon. 65-year-old Rick Tijerina became the first applicant from Lane County for Owens Corning’s Roof Deployment Project after reading an article at his local barber shop in Junction City, Oregon. The article that caught his eye was from Habitat ...
Roofing Company Gives Back to Local Florida Community
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Best Roofing rolls up in a vintage VW full of food. All over the country people are struggling to feed themselves and their families. While this was true before the pandemic, COVID-19 definitely made things worse as people lost their jobs, were forced to quit or voluntarily ...
Lon Smith Roofing Honors Local Veteran Fighting Cancer
Roof for Vets program builds a new roof for Dallas man. Lon Smith Roofing, the largest residential roofing contractor in North Texas, today honored another local veteran as part of its ongoing "Roof for Vets" program. Today's recipient was Army veteran and longtime Dallas resident, Fred Robinson, Jr., who is ...
U.S. Air Force Veteran is Repaid with a New Roof
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Cancer survivor and deserving veteran receives a new roof after Hurricane Florence left it damaged. Hurricane Florence damaged Barbara Potter’s roof more than two years ago. Potter, a Havelock U.S. Air Force veteran and cancer survivor who gave 20 years of service, is now being repaid with ...
