It could be any of us....

Rock Center with Brian Williams did a story last week (Wednesday 28 November) on working homeless families - families who have done everything "right" but through medical issues, the rising costs for necessities, or other crisis that have altered earning power or family income, find themselves without a roof over head. The families profiled showed the difficulties for the children. Please watch - these are the families ROOF tries to help locally and with your help, is able to help keep together and keep kids in their schools.

http://rockcenter.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/28/15490042-employed-but-still-homeless-working-poor-say-homelessness-can-happen-to-anybody

ROOF's New Newburyport Property!

ROOF is proud to announce that we will be hosting a new family very soon as a result of our most recent property acquisition in Newburyport! We are working hard to have the new unit in pristine condition in hopes of welcoming a family in time for the holidays. If you would like to help us with painting, cleaning or other areas of renovation, please send an email (info@ROOFOverHead.org) - we would love to have you! We are currently planning work days for Saturdays from 9am - 12noon.

Join us every Tuesday ( AND Thursday 27 December) at Not Your Average Joe's! Print out the certificate below, give it to your server and ROOF gets 15% of your tab! Enjoy a great meal and help ROOF help local families in transition!

Busy at ROOF!

So many wonderful things going on at ROOF!

While we are still recuperating from the massively entertaining PortBury Follies, the donations keep rolling in! We are so grateful to our sponsors and participants. Our Co-chairs summed it up well in The Daily News!

If you missed the PortBury Follies, you can see a recap thanks to the Institution for Savings and Newburyport Today!

The PortBury Follies was the red-carpet event for numerous local celebrities showing off hidden talents and also the premier of ROOF's new film.

ROOF has a "new family" - volunteer extraordinaire, Pam Wool, created a ROOF scarecrow family for Newburyport's Fall Harvest Festival:

ROOF Co Chairs, Susanne Cameron and Kerri Perry are the guest speakers at Wednesday's Chamber Breakfast - come learn more!

And finally, for now, The Yoga Center of Newburyport is supporting ROOF as its October Cause - learn more about ROOF at the Yoga Center's lobby display and attend their class on Sunday 28 October at 2pm --- all proceeds from the class will be donated to ROOF!

Visit again soon - so much more in store!

In case you missed this year's PortBury Follies....

Enjoy the recap - and be sure to join us next year!

The 2nd Annual PortBury Follies!

ROOF's 2012 PortBury Follies recap!

ROOF's 2012 PortBury Follies was a sold-out show, thoroughly enjoyed by all who were there! You will NOT want to miss next year - just to give you a taste, take a look at this video, produced by Newburyport Today and sponsored by the Institution for Savings.

ROOF Over Head on Film

ROOF Over Head Collaborative is proud to announce our new film to introduce our organization and our mission. Please let us know what you think about the film and about ROOF.

Our thanks to the Institution for Savings for underwriting this project!