As a Local Roof Replacement & Solar Contractor, Giving Back Is an Annual Event
Thanksgiving is a time for thankfulness and togetherness, and our team at Elite Roofing & Solar loves this time of year. We enjoy the season of giving and giving thanks, and it’s a time for gathering with our families to celebrate everything happening in our lives. But as a local Denver roof replacement contractor, this is also a time to give back to the community we live and work in.
Each year, the entire Elite Roofing & Solar team participates in our annual Turkey Drive, an event where we help Volunteers of America deliver Thanksgiving dinner to needy families throughout our service area. The event is always a favorite of our team, and 2024 marked 15 years of buying and donating dozens of turkeys, sides, and all the fixin’s. Read on to learn more about the event and our company’s involvement.
What Is the Turkey Drive?
The Turkey Drive is our biggest annual community event here at Elite Roofing & Solar. While members of our team volunteer and our company supports numerous organizations throughout our community, this is the big one where everyone always comes together to make it happen.
For the event, we shop at nearby grocery providers to acquire as many turkeys as we can, along with hams and classic Thanksgiving sides. We then donate these items through Volunteers of America to distribute the Thanksgiving dinners to low-income families throughout our area.
A Team Effort
The concept of our event seems similar enough, but it’s easy to forget about the logistical challenges that come with buying as many turkeys as we possibly can. For example, grocery stores don’t often anticipate customers coming in to buy all of their turkeys, so we’re often limited, which requires us to get creative.
Of course, the checkout process gets complicated as well, as it’s not often that a cashier needs to ring up 6–8 flatbed carts of turkeys, hams, and various Thanksgiving sides at once. Luckily, our team was up to the task, and so were the grocery stores we visited.
Each year, this event is truly a team effort. Besides our roofing crew purchasing and hauling the turkeys, various members of our team including office staff, project managers, and many others donate food and money to help our cause. It’s always exciting to see everyone come together!
Donating 75 Turkeys and So Much More
All told, our team was able to purchase and donate more than 75 turkeys, but that was far from everything. When we were limited to a certain number of turkeys by some of the grocery stores we visited, we supplemented our purchases with hams. We also collected and donated three full pallets of mixed-use fresh and canned food, including much-needed sides like cranberry sauce, green beans, corn, mashed potatoes, and more.
About Volunteers of America
So where is all this food going, anyway? Well, for the last 10 years of this event, we’ve partnered with Volunteers of America, an incredible nonprofit organization providing various health, housing, and human services throughout the United States. Their organization focuses on serving veterans and other needy families, and with locations across the country, they’re an incredible partner for community involvement efforts like ours.
By partnering with Volunteers of America, we’re able to ensure all the food we collect reaches those most in need. VOA has a large network of volunteers and supporters, with the experience and resources needed to distribute donations like ours. We’re proud to partner with our local chapter and we’ll be glad to continue our work each year!
To support Volunteers of America, Elite Roofing & Solar has also lent our services as a roof replacement contractor, helping to provide repairs on some of their buildings in the area.
Elite Roofing & Solar: Giving Thanks and Giving Back This Holiday Season
From the very beginning, Elite Roofing & Solar has been committed to Roofing Done Right. That applies to much more than just a roof replacement or solar installation, as part of doing things right means being a true part of the community we serve.
Every member of our Denver team is on board with these important values, and we’re proud of everyone for making this event such a huge success once more. And of course, we’re deeply grateful to our customers for continuing to choose us throughout the year.
