Caught Doing Good
Roofing Company Replaces Roof For Veteran Free of Charge
By Cass Jacoby. 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 his ...
Nurse Wins a New Roof After Placing First in Essay Contest
By Evelyn Witterholt. The oncology nurse was delighted to get her roof replaced after her brother-in-law entered the contest for her. JoAnna Fabiano, a nurse from Howell, New Jersey, was pleasantly surprised after winning an essay contest she didn’t even know she had entered. Not only that, but the grand ...
Veteran Gifted New Roof While Paying for Gas
By Cass Jacoby. How a chance encounter at a 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 ...
Army Veteran Receives Roof Replacement on Generational Home
By Cass Jacoby. The Owens Corning National Roof Deployment Project helps secure a roof over another veteran’s head. U.S. Army veteran Ronald Johnson received a new roof from ARAC Roof It Forward last July as part of the Owens Corning National Roof Deployment Project. Ronald lives in ...
Veteran Known for Helping Other Veterans Receives Free Roof Replacement From Community
By Cass Jacoby. Vietnam veteran in Pennsylvania is gifted roof from his community. Walter Torres has lived in his Lansdale, Pennsylvania home since 1976. Walter fixed up his roof in 1995, but recently problems have begun to start with his roof again, and he wasn’t able to make ...
96-year-old Veteran Receives Surprise Free Roof
By Cass Jacoby. 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 ...
It Was a Deeply Empowering SheBuild 2021!
By Cass Jacoby. This year's SheBuild event was extra special, as women across generations came together to build a roof for Miss Betty Danielle. We sat down to talk about the event with Rae July, who serves as the co-chair for the local National Women in Roofing council in Seattle ...
Peace and Stability Gifted to U.S. Army Veteran
By Cass Jacoby. 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. ...
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity Constructs Home for Couple That Spent Seven Years Apart
By Cass Jacoby. 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 ...
New Home Built in a Week for Growing Family
By Cass Jacoby, RCS Reporter. Retired U.S. Air Force veteran in Madison, Kentucky received new home from the Roof Deployment Project just in time to bring his newborn home. Jermonte Rushing had quite the week when he learned the Roof Deployment Project was going to build him a house ...
