Building Roof Repair

YWCA hopes funding will bolster 43-year-old facility

If only the next roof would last the YWCA 43 years.
That's the hope of YWCA of High Point Executive Director Heidi Majors.

First, though, she needs to replace the one that's there, a roof that's been on the building since it was built in 1960.

"We have the original roof that was on the building," Majors said. "And the pool roof has been leaking for about six months, and we've had some patchwork done."

But patching the roof merely is putting off the inevitable, Majors said, so the High Point nonprofit, located in on Gatewood Avenue, hopes to raise enough money for that new roof.

Toward that end, the High Point Community Foundation gave the organization $11,700 for the job and the Millis Foundation gave the organization $6,800.

The High Point Community Foundation grant was part of the foundation's annual grants that were announced earlier this month. About $175,000 in grant money, some of it in matching grants, was distributed to 34 nonprofit organizations in the area.

Paul Lessard, executive director of the foundation, said the foundation decided to support the YWCA because the nonprofit benefits the overall High Point community.

"That institution has such a diverse clientele," Lessard said. "They have a good building, but they need a new roof. One of the things that we want to do as an organization is build community capital, and that's what the YWCA has done."

A new roof for the entire building is estimated to cost about $70,000, Majors said. The organization hopes to raise $34,000 for the first phase of the project, which includes the area of the roof over the pool.

"Our first goal is to get phase one done," Majors said. "We've got some other grants out and we are talking about doing some other fund-raisers."

Majors said the YWCA hopes to have the first phase complete by early spring or summer.

The rest of the building, where the offices and other facilities of the YWCA are located, will be done in a second phase, costing an estimated $36,000.

article by: Sean Olson The High Point Enterprise

If you would like to help contact us.