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Roof Deployment Project Gives New Roofs to Over 875 Veterans

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Roof Deployment Project Gives New Roofs to Over 875 Veterans

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Veteran homeowners in several communities are receiving free roof replacements from contractors and nonprofit partners, addressing repairs they could not safely or affordably make themselves. In Oklahoma, a veteran-owned roofing company is repairing the badly leaking roof of 93-year-old World War II veteran Darl Biggs, who lives alone and had gone years without being able to climb onto the roof. In Peoria, contractor Perfect Choice Home Solutions and partners are replacing the roof and gutters of Vietnam veteran Wallace Williams, whose roof had deteriorated over many years. In Ohio, 96-year-old Navy veteran Sherril Abel received a new roof through a partnership involving Bone Dry Roofing, the Owens Corning Roof Deployment Project and Purple Heart Homes; in Baton Rouge, Army veteran Amy White was selected for a replacement through the same nationwide initiative. The Roof Deployment Project says it has provided roofs to more than 875 military members and families since 2016.

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