Hurricane Helene's Devastation Met with Hope

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 stret...

Give, Roof, Play

’Tis the season to think of those who are less fortunate.In the spirit of helping others, Atlas Roofing is excited to kick off its season of giving — aka “Give, Roof, Play” Month.“I cannot do all the good that the world needs. But the world needs all the good that I can do.” —Jana StanfieldThe conce...

Atlas Polyiso Insulation and Shingles Enhance Ventilation, Durability and Aesthetic for Illinois Church Reroof

After storm winds ravaged the roof and insulation of an Illinois church's cathedral, the contracted roofing company chose to use Atlas Roofing products for the necessary repairs.The following account documents the job, from its initial challenges and plan of approach to the installation process and ...

Prepared for Life

One March evening, a group of parents gathered at St. David’s Episcopal School to discuss “How to Raise an Adult.” Like most families with college-bound students, the thought of releasing their children into the world might have seemed daunting, but raising responsible individuals in this day and ag...

Faith — and a New Roof

Carroll County Christian Work Camp in Eldersburg, MD, helps to repair and improve homes for individuals and families of inadequate income or abilities living in or near Carroll County.Established as a branch of the Baltimore County Christian Work Camp in the early 1990s, the non-profit volunteer hom...

Providing Care for the Uninsured

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.But Alliance...

One for All and All for Humanity

Did You Know?Since 2007, New York City’s Rockefeller Christmas tree is milled into lumber and donated to Habitat to be used in the construction of new, affordable homes in the U.S.Since its founding in 1976, Habitat for Humanity has helped more than 35 million people across all 50 states and in more...

From Dairy To Marry

BEFORE - with algae stains(Photo by Chris Nieto) Built in 1934, the 8,000-square-foot Historic Wakefield Barn was originally used to house nearly three dozen Guernsey milk cows owned by John Sprunt Hill. The lawyer, banker and philanthropist purchased the animals and the 2,000-acre Wakefield Farm fo...

Restoration of Hope

When his father died in February 2019, Danny Stone made a solemn promise to fulfill his dad’s vision — open a facility to help parolees get a new start. The concept became a reality with the help of Atlas Roofing.The Restoration of Hope house in Texarkana, TX, opened its doors recently — complete wi...

Cabin Fever

Located just south of Meridian near the Mississippi/Alabama state line, Clarkco State Park has been a favorite Mississippi recreation spot since it was founded in 1938. The park offers dozens of RV and tent sites as well as 21 cabins, many of them lakefront, for less rustically inclined vacationers....

Right Place, Right Time

A South Carolina homeowner received an unexpected house call in late April 2021, when Up & Over Roofing unexpectedly showed up at her door. The roofing company, which is based in Myrtle Beach, SC, had been working on the two condos around hers when they noticed the poor condition of her roof, ex...

Answered Prayers

Frazier Roofs & Gutters has been serving Arlington, TX, for more than four decades, making it one of the oldest roofing companies in the area. As a member of The Good Contractors List, the company prides itself on its customer satisfaction — and not just for those who pay.“We try to give back to...

Milestone Moment

2020 may not have been the best year, but AtlasPRO+™ Contractor TK Hamilton still had something to celebrate — the 20th anniversary of his company, Midian Roofing, in Rome, GA.To commemorate the occasion, Midian and its employees hosted a special luncheon for some of their customers, vendors and loc...

Help for Habitat

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 Northeast Texas Hab...

Contractors Doing Good: Part 2

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. ...

Contractors Doing Good

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 construction services...

Roofs for Teachers: Sheila Ford Story

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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. Here ar...

Making The Right Connections

Sometimes all it takes to create a landslide is a little nudge.In the case of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida, the club’s new location came about because of an introduction and community partnerships.For years, local leaders had known that the city of Oviedo, about 15 miles northeast o...

A Life Returned

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, Brenn...

Shingles, Supplies, Support

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 fl...

Roofing It Right

Atlas Roofing partnered with G. Klemm Roofing of Geneva, IL, to help a breast cancer survivor who was struggling to pay bills.When Jeff Rosier, of G. Klemm Roofing in Geneva, IL, broke the news to Mercedes Nuss that the company would not cover the costs to repair her roof, she was quiet at first.As ...

Proving Their Worth

On the evening of March 24, 2019, severe thunderstorms rolled through Allen, TX, and the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area. With wind gusts up to 65 mph and hailstones ranging in size from a quarter to a grapefruit, the storms broke many windows and dented countless cars and roofs. Overall damages wer...

Veterans Helping Veterans

While flying a drone over a job site in Palm Bay, FL, Mickey Fields, project manager for Pit Crew Roofing, noticed a 173rd Airborne Brigade flag flying high on a neighboring home. When he looked closer, he also saw a Purple Heart license plate and a disabled veteran tag on a vehicle parked at the ho...

When The Wind Blew

Removing the old metal roof(Pictured above: Matt Payne's Mexico Beach, FL, house before Hurricane Michael)After enduring Hurricane Michael’s extreme winds, Matt Payne’s Mexico Beach, FL, house is still standing — and has a roof. Most of his neighbors weren’t so lucky.Hurricane Michael struck the Flo...

Building New Futures For Texas Families

When people need a helping hand putting a roof over their heads, Habitat for Humanity is there.Established in 1976, the global nonprofit organization and its leaders “believe affordable housing plays a critical role in strong and stable communities.” With affiliates located across all 50 states and ...

It Takes A Village

In September 2017, Hurricane Irma pummeled the Caribbean with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph. The Category 5 storm demolished 95 percent of the small island of Barbuda before making landfall in the Florida Keys. As one of the most intense hurricanes in history, Irma left incredible devastation i...

Manila Community Center

Atlas Roofing Case Study: Manila Community Center, Manila, ARBuilding Type: Municipal Activity BuildingAtlas Roofing Products Installed: Pinnacle® Pristine shingles, Pro-Cut® Hip and Ridge shingles, Pro-Cut® Starter shingles, Gorilla Guard 30® underlaymentRoofing Contractor: Residential Roofing Inc....

Restoring History

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 da...

A Beautiful Kentucky Home

The roof was for a large, new-construction, single-family residence. Though only one story, the building had a complex roof with a steep 12/12 pitch, 13 ridgelines and 18 valleys. The design of the roof gave the homeowner the dramatic look he wanted as well as a large attic space. The homeowner opt...

Return To Glory

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 and...

Pine Island Villas Get Complete Atlas Roof Systems

Pine Island Villas was an impressive complex of townhouses when it was built in 1987. The complex is comprised of 19 low-rise buildings, each with four to five apartment units. Located in the heart of Buenaventura Lakes near Kissimmee, FL, it became a popular snowbird community. However, time took ...

Leave No Man Behind

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 suffered a stroke ...

A Safe Place To Stay

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 people to e...

Pitching In

After being scammed by an unlicensed contractor, 81-year-old Lucille Kellom finally got a new roof thanks to her local roofing community.(Source: News 6/ClickOrlando.com)When 81-year-old Lucille Kellom hired a contractor to fix her leaking roof in 2016, she never imagined she’d still be waiting for ...

Distributing Goodwill

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 co...

Bigger Is Faster

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 HP42” shi...

Hurricane Force

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, many privat...

Righting The Wrongs

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, the Calfees...

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One day in late summer 2017, Eric Fondren noticed a leak in his roof. Leaks are always annoying, but Fondren’s roof was barely a year old. It should have been in perfect shape.He called Witten Construction in West Monroe, LA, to do the repairs. But Steve Thompson, the sales manager and contractor, i...

Innovative Roofs

The proud team at Milwaukee Public School System,on one of the 200 historic roofs.From left to right: John Linn, Dennis Fula and Ryan Fula. Milwaukee Public School System, through its decades long partnership with Atlas Roofing Corporation, has successfully implemented a program enabling them to re...

Aspen Ridge Protected By Signature Select

Photo courtesy of Colorado Exteriors Atlas Roofing Case Study: Aspen Ridge Apartments, Aurora, CO Building Type: Residential Atlas Roofing Products Installed: Pinnacle® Pristine shingles, Pro-Cut® Hip and Ridge shingles, Pro-Cut Starter shingles, Summit® 60 underlayment Roofing Contractor: Colorado ...

Growing The Future

By 2050, food production will need to increase by 50 percent, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Young farmers can play a key role in meeting that demand, which is why facilities such as Silverwood Park in Dane County, WI, are helping to educate future generations of ...

Hurricane Katrina Recovery Continues

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 mission a...

Buy A Roof, Give A Roof

While visiting Cali, Columbia, in 2010, Chuck Anania was struck by the appalling conditions and severe poverty. He witnessed countless children, seniors and families experiencing a poor quality of life, as well as numerous health and safety issues caused by leaky and collapsing roofs.“I noticed ever...

There’s No Place Like Home

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 Roo...

Miracle Workers

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 provided other ...

A Fair Chance

Before Picture of HomeSince 2014, A Fair Chance and Men of Integrity has unofficially been helping elderly women and single mothers complete repairs needed on their homes. After securing its official 501(c)(3) status in April 2017, the Ypsilanti, MI-based organization wants to grow its efforts by ta...

A Place To Call Home

New homeowner Elaine (Marguerita) Brissett couldn’t contain her excitement.“I guess the refrigerator goes here,” she said, indicating an open space in her almost-completed kitchen. Then she grinned and posed for quick photos with the Bible and hammer that Habitat for Humanity of Greater Orlando give...

Salute!

"Atlas is well known for its generosity."—Ken Reeves, owner of Reeves ConstructionGreenville-Spartanburg, SC-area roofing contractor Ken Reeves has a big heart. So when a local veteran needed a new roof, Reeves was more than ready to help.Reeves, owner of Reeves Construction in Spartanburg, SC, work...

Helping A Friend In Need

When a tornado ripped the roof off of their office manager’s home, the guys at Roof Time Contractors in Waxahachie, TX, came together to help.The story began Dec. 26, 2015, as Tabitha Taylor’s 13-year-old daughter was enjoying an after-Christmas get-together with some of her friends. The younger sib...

A Moment In The Sun

Photo Credit: HGTV Magazine A Cleveland, OH, home sporting Atlas StormMaster® Slate shingles was featured in the May 2016 print edition of HGTV Magazine. Part of HGTV’s “Copy the Curb Appeal” section, the home also appeared on HGTV’s website. The 2,150-square-foot home was built in 1919. Patricia an...

New Beginnings

Atlas Roofing is proud to partner with Habitat for Humanity organizations across the country to provide roofing materials for those in need. These are a few highlights of those projects... Lauderdale County Habitat For Humanity Chlorese Jordan wanted a safe and decent home where she could raise her ...

Disability Ministry Building In Dire Straits

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 cl...

Keeping Dreams Alive

Since 1962, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has devoted itself to finding cures and treating sick children. Founded by stage-and-screen comedian Danny Thomas and two friends on the premise that “no child should die in the dawn of life,” discoveries at St. Jude’s have changed the way doctors tr...

A Long-Distance Hand Up

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's Upstate r...

Offering H.O.P.E.

Men who have been homeless know that the ultimate luxury is having a roof over their heads while they work on turning their lives around.H.O.P.E. (Holy One's People Empowered) Ministries of the Upstate built a second house in the Northside neighborhood of Spartanburg, SC, that will enable the minist...

The (Pinnacle) Pristine Treatment

"The owners felt that the Pinnacle® Pristine shingle was the right choice."—Dan Worstell, president of Pyramid RoofingHampton Center Apartments, a 10-building complex in Hampton, VA, was built in 1985. After 30 years, the roofs were worn and in need of replacement. Because they were in such poor con...