Caught Doing Good
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 ...
Community Comes Together to Help Georgia Veteran
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Roofing professionals, a nonprofit and a newscast team collaborate to donate a new roof to a veteran. United States veteran, Elaine Tyler, was used to catching rain in buckets. Depending on the severity of the weather, Tyler would line up buckets in her house under particularly damaged ...
The Time to Donate is Now
By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Roofing professionals are being called on to help youth in need. Due to the various uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations like New Pathways for Youth and Youth On Their Own are finding themselves in demanding times. Unfortunately, in our world it is a reality that ...
NexGen Exterior Home Remodeling Announces the Official Launch of the NexGen Opportunity Foundation
This newly established foundation is solving problems and relieving burdens for NexGen customers and their communities. "NexGen is an organization established around a core belief of providing long-lasting and far reaching contributions and because of that we developed the NexGen Opportunity Foundation. The foundation will allow us to serve our customers ...
Air Force Veteran Receives New Roof From Team of Organizations and Companies
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. After three years, one hurricane and a worldwide pandemic, Sonia was in desperate need of a new roof. Since Hurricane Irma hit Brandon, Florida in 2017, Air Force veteran Sonia Marquez has had to place buckets throughout her home to catch leaking water falling from her roof. ...
In Just 6 Days Duro-Last Switched from Manufacturing Roofing Systems to Producing PPE
By Lauren White, RCS Reporter. Roofing materials protect buildings and healthcare workers on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. The world’s largest manufacturer of custom-fabricated, thermoplastic roofing systems, Duro-Last Roofing, Inc., has switched gears to start producing personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers on the frontline of the current coronavirus pandemic. ...
