Introduction to our Roofs for Veterans Program
2019 Recipients and the Inspiration for Roofs For Veterans- Jon and Julie Lemar
Jon is a career military veteran whose wife Julie was diagnosed with a brain tumor. While he was deployed their basement flooded causing $40,000 worth of damage. At the same time their insurance company dropped their roof from coverage. With medical bills piling up and a damaged, uninsured home, Jon and Julie planned on figuring out the roof and tackling the job themselves. A coworker of Jon’s started asking Darren Opatz, a representative of Fargo Roofing & Siding, questions that prompted Darren to find out about this story. He brought the situation to the table and we knew it was the perfect opportunity for us to implement our core value of social involvement in the community. We also realized helping these heroes was near and dear to a lot of people’s hearts, and that we have the unique opportunity to continuously provide a platform of service to our Veterans. Through some quick workshopping and team brainstorms, Fargo Roofing & Siding’s social program “Roofs for Veterans” was born.
We thank Jon and Julie from the bottom of our hearts. We wanted to give back to the people that sacrifice so much to serve our country and let them know that their service is not forgotten!! Without people Like Jon and his Family we wouldn’t have the freedom we have in this great Country!
How it works: Each year starting July 4th-July 31st we will be accepting nominations for the annual Roofs For Veterans recipient through our partnership with https://www.1079thefox.com/. At the end of July, employees of Radio FM Media will select the Veteran they think most deserving of a new roof.
