Join the NWIR Seattle Chapter and Rebuilding Together South Sound to give Joanne, a local Tacoma senior with a helping hand on some yard work, a brand new handrail, and a new roof. Joanne has owned her home since 2018 and inherited it from her mom who had lived there since 1981. Joanne has incurred disabilities from a workplace injury and she is in need of a few repairs and to beautify her yard a bit. Come out [...]
Join the NWiR Seattle Council as they support Coffee Oasis and their annual Back to School Backpack Ride on August 19th, 2023. Coffee Oasis has been supporting children in the local community since 1997, by offering a safe space for homeless youths. The Coffee Oasis has five locations offering help to youth 13-25 years old without regard to religious beliefs, race, color, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. Kickstands up at 11 am from Chinook Roofing [...]
She Builds is a powerful collaboration of women who are dedicated to advancing housing and community issues affecting women. Women-led and women-focused, She Builds, provides critical repairs for women-headed households. The NWiR She Builds project this year, led by Brittany Wimbish (Fields Roof Service, Inc.), Rae Fistonich (Chinook Building Envelope Services), and Tracy Wendt (Beacon Building Products) brought together 20 volunteers, 8 companies donating time and resources, all for an amazing new roof and landscaping for [...]
Keep a look out for our post-project updates for our Annual She Builds Project. This year Beacon and Malarkey are helping the NWiR Seattle Council provide a whole new roof for Alma! Thank you to Chinook Building Envelope Services and Fields Roof Service, Inc. for assisting with the removal and installation! Our volunteers are going to be focusing on yard clean up and even have the option to get Malarkey installation training on April 29th! Please [...]
The Rebuilding Together South Sound She Builds program features community revitalization projects that provide critical home repairs for women in need. Our NWiR Seattle Council has chosen a home in Tacoma for this year's SheBuilds Project. We will be having hands-on roof install training during this event for our volunteers that would like to participate! Please keep an eye out for our volunteer sign-up sheet. We're also actively looking for sponsors, so please reach out to [...]
This year one of the NWiR Seattle Council's community projects is to collect warm coats on behalf of One Warm Coat. We were able to collect over 60 coats at our hands-on event with Lomanco at the new CDS/Stoneway location in Kent, WA. Thank you again to Paul Robbins of Lomanco, and the whole Stoneway/CDS Teams in Kent! It was a great turnout and a lot of fun!
This year one of the NWiR Seattle Council's community projects is to collect warm coats on behalf of One Warm Coat through January 13th. Please join us by bringing your new or gently used coats to our team's drop-off locations or contributing to our funding goals! https://onewarmcoat.salsalabs.org/owcteamcoatdrive/p/nationalwomeninroofingseattle/index.html
We'll be ringing in the New Year at CDS with Lomanco! Join us for networking at 4:30 pm & Demos start at 5:00 pm Commercial Distribution Specialists are hosting us! 8420 190th St - Ste A Kent, WA 98032 RSVP to brittanyw@fieldsroofservice.com
When the NWiR Seattle Council began planning a regional Women in Roofing event with the Roofing Contractors Association of Washington a little over a year ago, we were not sure how it was going to pan out, who would attend, and what would it even look like. After this weekend’s RCAW Annual Meeting led into our first-ever Pacific Northwest Women in Roofing Day (PNW WIR), the majority consensus was that it ROCKED! McKay Daniels, President of [...]
RCAW & NWiR are so excited to bring our first annual PNW WIR Day on October 22, 2022. We’ve planned a day full of education and hands-on training for all members of our industry. One of the shared goals of the NWiR and RCAW is to continue to create environments for our employees to come together and feel a part of a community. Those that work within the roofing industry come from vast backgrounds, and most [...]
