BATON ROUGE — A local U.S. Army veteran received a major surprise Tuesday morning: a brand-new roof for her home, free of charge.
Amy White was selected as the recipient through the Owens Corning Foundation’s Roof Deployment Project. Since launching in 2016, the nationwide initiative has teamed up with local contractors across the country to deliver new roofs to military service members and their families.
Local nonprofit Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge helped select and approve White for the project, partnering with Louisiana-based contractor Lifetime Roofing to carry out the installation…