14-03-2025
Local veteran wins big with roofing company
BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) – A local roofing company made a local veteran very happy after he won a contest for some pretty substantial home renovation.
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Liberty Roofing Pros, based out of Fredonia, Pennsylvania, services Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and Northwestern Virginia. The team decided they wanted to give back to veterans, so they started a contest to award a veteran a free roof.
The big winner this year was retired veteran Tim Esterly of Boardman. Esterly saw the contest on WKBN, and his daughter decided to enter him. The team from Liberty Roofing Pros showed up to surprise Tim on Veteran's Day, which also happens to be a very special day for him for another reason.
'I went to Fitch, I graduated 1984, went into the Air Force for 10 years, active duty. We've been here since 1999,' said Esterly. 'They came to our door on Veterans Day with balloons. Veterans Day is also my birthday.'
Liberty Roofing Pros decided to start working on Esterly's roof on Friday morning.
'A couple of years ago, we decided we wanted to start doing an annual roof giveaway for Veterans Day. This is our second one we're doing,' said Liberty Roofing Pros owner Abner Miller. 'We appreciate his service and it was also his birthday. So it was pretty awesome coming here and being able to tell him, you know, you're getting a free roof along with happy birthday.'
Miller said they couldn't think of a better way to give back to the community.
'I've always been personally appreciative of the veterans that fought and gave us the freedom we have today,' he said. 'That's kind of why we have the company name we do, along with the brand, the colors and stuff.'
Esterly said winning the contest couldn't have come at a better time.
'I am really appreciative. The roof really needed to be done,' he said. 'It's excellent. I can't believe it.'
If you know a veteran you think is deserving for next year's contest, you can nominate them at
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