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NRF merges with The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: BENNETT JUDSON
OCTOBER 2006	(847) 299-9070, Ext. 7513
	bjudson@nrca.net
NRF MERGES WITH THE ROOFING INDUSTRY ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS Rosemont, Ill.—The National Roofing Foundation's (NRF's) board of trustees and The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress' Steering Committee have combined to form one board—the alliance board of trustees. NRF, a separate but related educational and research organization of the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA), and The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress, which was established within NRF to create an endowment fund and provide guidance and direction for NRF, will do business as The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress. The decision to merge was based on confusion regarding the roles played by and distinctions between NRF and the alliance. "Having both under one name makes a lot of sense," says Jamie McAdam, president of F.J. Dahill Co., New Haven, Conn., and chairman of the alliance Steering Committee. "Having one voice lends itself to clearer direction." NRF will remain a legal corporation but do business as the alliance. Scholarship funding for undergraduate students who are employees, immediate family of employees or immediate family of NRCA contractor members—which has been sponsored by NRF—will continue through the alliance. The alliance has established various objectives and goals for the future—namely, to develop a balance between roofing-related projects and studies and philanthropic programs. A task force has been formed to establish a target ratio to balance philanthropic and award giving with research, education and publication grants and determine what giving opportunities exist and which programs are appropriate for the alliance to fund. The alliance also will seek to recruit more members and encourage them to take active roles in programs. For more information, contact Bennett Judson, the alliance's executive director, at (800) 323-9545, Ext. 7513, or e-mail bjudson@nationalroofingfoundation.net. ###