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In this installment of Roofing Road Trips, Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS president sits down with Dave Lawlor, the president of the Roofing Alliance, the foundation of the NRCA. Lawlor is a Canadian native and is honored to be the first Canadian to hold this office.  Coming to the end of the Roofing Alliance’s 25th anniversary year, Lawlor shares his initiatives for his time as president and why the Roofing Alliance is so important to the roofing industry.  You won’t want to miss this informational Roofing Road Trip from up north!

This month's topic: How are you planning for the new year? 

Join Heidi J. Ellsworth for a Coffee Conversations that hits the heart of the roofing industry: giving back through roofing foundations. Sponsored by ABC Supply, Trent Cotney and foundation representatives including Dave Lawlor, President of the Roofing Alliance; Chuck Chapman, Chairman of Davis Memorial Foundation; Les Sims with the FRSA Educational & Research Foundation and George Patterson of the Chicago CRCA Foundation will be our guests. In this installment of Coffee Conversations, Heidi and the panelists talk about the importance of giving back through foundation gifts that help with scholarships, research and education and how it is one of the best ways to help attract the next generation to roofing. On December 2, 2021 for the whole day of the Coffee Conversations, Cotney Attorneys & Consultants will be matching donations made to these four roofing foundations up to $2,500 per foundation. Trent and guests will share how important it is to give back to our industry in order to recruit the next generation of roofing while helping current roofing professionals and companies grow professionally. Learn more about each of the charitable programs during this unique and exciting Coffee Conversations!  Be sure to donate on December 2, 2021.

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Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS Partner visits with Rick Rominger, TopShield Director of Private Label with SRS Distribution their TopShield®PRO commercial roofing products.  SRS has an unwavering focus on increasing customers’ productivity and profitability by providing the highest level of performance products.  Heidi and Rick will talk about the importance of selecting high quality products and why SRS developed and designed their TopShield products specifically to meet the standards important to their customers.  Rick will talk about their passion to provide the quality and reliability SRS customers have come to expect along with the performance they demand and the ongoing customer service that makes it all work.

This month's topic: How do you help your employees give back? 

This month's topic: How do you help your employees give back? 

You won’t want to miss this special edition of Coffee Conversations sponsored by ABC Supply celebrating both veterans and women in the roofing industry.  Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS President, sits down with Angelica Bragger and Elizabeth Evans, two incredible veterans within the roofing industry, and Mandy McIntyre of 1st Choice Roofing.

Mandy works with the National Women in Roofing (NWIR) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) committee leading the celebration of women veterans in roofing this Veteran's Day. Elizabeth found her passion for construction while studying civil engineering at West Point and later went on to be a colonel in the U.S. Army.  Angelica served in Iraq from 2017-2018 and has been in the Army National Guard for 15 years. She is now senior estimator at Young Construction in Mason City, Iowa.

The guests will share the importance of recruiting more veterans and women into roofing.  They will also look at special programs for veterans that the roofing industry supports, including ABC Supply’s support of Homes for Our Troops (HFOT).  Join us on November 11, 2021, at 7 a.m. PT to thank our veterans personally and hear more about their stories and the NWIR celebration of veterans.

Learn more at: https://www.rooferscoffeeshop.com/coffee-conversations

RoofersCoffeeShop.com is proud to present the honor of R-Club Roofer of the Month for the Month of November to Brittany Wimbish and Garry Gilmer of Fields Roof Service!

Fields Roofer Service was founded in 1957 by Larry Fields. Larry’s vision was to provide customers with long-lasting roofs. Fields Roof Service has always served clients in the extreme temperature ranges of Washington state. Early on Larry helped school districts and industrial facilities prolong the life of their existing roofs. He worked with maintenance or facility employees to install and perform roof maintenance. In the late 1970s, Larry passed the business down to the salesmen and installers that had kept his business successful. Early on, he had the vision to hire school teachers and college students during the summers to help with installation. Scott Pepper and Tom Gilmer were career educators. They worked in the Fife, Federal Way and Franklin Piece school districts. Together they took the reins of the company and lead it into the 21st Century. Since then, Fields Roof Service has continued to serve the roofing needs of industrial, commercial and governmental buildings across Washington state.

This month's topic is: What do you do to help employees give back?

This month's topic: What do you do to help employees give back?