Some hurricanes are remembered for their wind damage, some for their rainfall, and others for their coastal flooding. Hurricane Helene will be remembered not just for its record-breaking size, storm surge, and destructive winds but also for the unimaginable devastation it left across an inland st...
Roughly 90,000 residents of Wake County, NC, have no health insurance. In an area where the average emergency room visit costs $1,500, uninsured individuals often go without necessary care and medications, making them more likely to develop chronic illnesses and miss more time from work. B...
Atlas Roofing actively participates in charitable efforts that help people and communities across the country. While some donations are one-time opportunities that provide support to individuals or organizations in need, others are ongoing — such as the company’s involvement with ...
As vital members of the communities they serve, Atlas Roofing and the contractors who use Atlas products are dedicated to philanthropic efforts. Check out these three projects that Atlas sponsored or contributed to in 2019 and 2020, helping homeowners and organizations in need. ...
In mid-March 2020, the United States began grinding to a halt as COVID-19 erupted into a global pandemic. States canceled events, ordered businesses to shut down and instituted stay-at-home orders for citizens. Only essential functions were allowed to continue. Roofing and other constructi...
Not only do roofing contractors put roofs over people’s heads, many also dedicate extra time to helping those in need. Volunteering and community service creates goodwill and helps to establish a business within a community— although that’s not why these good-deed-doers put in their efforts. ...
When U.S. Marine Sgt. Thomas Brennan suffered a traumatic brain injury while serving in Afghanistan in 2010, he could have succumbed to the debilitating aftermath of the trauma. He had severe memory loss, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and also attempted suicide. Instead, Br...
While Hurricane Florence was ripping through Myrtle Beach, SC, local resident Waredell Reaves was recuperating at a family member’s house from a stroke and multiple surgeries. When the veteran Army sergeant returned home, he was devastated to see that water had damaged his ceiling, insulation and...
In spring 2011, a devastating hailstorm that brought heavy winds, torrential rain, baseball-size hail and an unforgiving tornado ripped through Centerville, OH. Sitting directly in the path of destruction was one of the oldest homes in the town. Left unprotected, the building suffered significant...
A roof installation on a single-family home in an upscale gated subdivision presented challenges for the contractor. The existing roof had reached the end of its service life and was unattractive, with black streaks caused by algae. The homeowner had made a significant investment in the property ...
On a cul-de-sac in Ocoee, FL, neighbors still take care of one another. Art Burkholder, a 74-year-old retired and disabled veteran, recently discovered that human kindness, compassion and charity are still alive and well in our world. Burkholder has lived in his home since 1989. He suffere...
Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery and it’s big business worldwide. Though trafficking also includes forced labor and debt bondage, most people who hear the term think of one particular type: sexual exploitation — the use of fraud, violence, coercion or other means to force ...
Giving back to the community is part of the philosophy all up and down the Atlas supply chain. Contractors install roofs for disabled veterans, Atlas donates roofing shingles for a project that’s part of a major cancer-fighting initiative, distributors also do their part to support the causes and...
A home in the Atlanta area was the first roof in the country to get Atlas shingles with HP42” technology, a revolutionary new format introduced in July 2017. Both the contractor and manufacturer were pleased with the results. Larger than any shingle currently made in the United States, the...
Maria, Irma, Harvey, Sandy, Katrina: names that haunt millions of homeowners across the Southeast and Gulf Coast. These storms are some of the costliest Atlantic hurricanes the U.S. has ever seen, with Katrina and Harvey causing the most damage at $125 billion each. After Katrina in 2005, ...
Tink and Bobbye Calfee were devastated when they realized they were victims of an $11,000 roofing scam. The couple put their trust in a contractor who took their money and promised to fix their roof after a series of storms ripped through their Conroe, TX, neighborhood in May 2016. Today, ...
In 2005, levee breaches from Hurricane Katrina rendered virtually all the homes in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward uninhabitable. In the wake of that devastating storm, a nonprofit organization, lowernine.org, was formed to assist in the long-term recovery of the Lower Ninth Ward. “It is our missio...
Miriam Smalls, a single mother of three in Savannah, GA, is about to become a homeowner thanks to Habitat for Humanity. Her new house was constructed as part of a partnership between Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity, the Home Builders Association of Greater Savannah and vendors, such as Atlas ...
When a Tennessee man died in a car crash in 2016, leaving behind a wife and two small children, one of them with special needs, a local nonprofit stepped in to work its first “miracle.” My Town Miracles, based in Collierville, TN, paid the mortgage and car payments for six months and provi...
Christian Churches Disability Ministry (CCDM), which operates residential facilities for people with mental and/or physical disabilities in Tennessee and Missouri, was chartered in 1983. Many of its residents have chronological ages that range from 35 to 70, but whose cognitive abilities put them...
Conquering poverty may seem like an insurmountable task, but for one builder and his army of suppliers and subcontractors, bringing hope to the hopeless begins with using the skills they’ve gained while on the job. Mark Nyblom, developer and owner of Rosewood Communities in South Carolina'...