23 roofs and counting: How DryHome Roofing uplifts their community

By Emma Peterson.

Pathway Homes in Virginia is just one of the many community members and organizations that this roofing company has helped over the years.

For years, DryHome Roofing and Siding out of Sterling, Virginia has run a program called “Free Roof for the Holidays.” As explained on DryHome’s website, this program finds “a deserving Northern Virginia-based individual, family or nonprofit in need of a free roof.” The roof is awarded based on nominations from the community received by DryHome in November each year.

Most recently, Pathway Homes in Fairfax County, Virginia received the 2024 “Free Roof for the Holidays,” which is the 23rd roof that DryHome has donated through this program. Pathway Homes is a nonprofit based in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. that aims to address and prevent homelessness. The organization was founded in 1980 and, in the 2024 calendar year alone, the Pathway Homes provided services to almost 2,000 individuals and connected over 500 people to permanent supportive housing units.  

When asked about choosing Pathway for the 2024 “Free Roof for the Holidays,” DryHome CEO Steve Gotschi told Patch Media, “Pathway Homes is [a] wonderful nonprofit that is helping Northern Virginians struggling with homelessness and mental health issues regain their lives. Knowing that we are helping Pathways serve more people and that their clients will be celebrating the holidays under a new roof brings joy to our DryHome team.”

From the other side of the roof, Pathway Homes CEO Sylisa Lambert-Woodard couldn’t overstate how incredible this gift was for them, “This is an amazing gift, and we are grateful for being a second time recipient of a new roof. DryHome’s generosity ensures that we can reach more people with the resources this frees up. Our clients have long struggled to keep a roof over their heads, so having a new, dry roof means the world to them too.”

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