How We Started
Roofing Austin Weird - R.A.W.
One night Tim & Christine were discussing work and some of the unfortunate things we run into in this business. This evening it was an elderly lady who had hired a roofing company to re-roof her home through an insurance claim. The company came out and gave her a roof and she gave them her money. Two years later the insurance company came out to inspect the work. They found the work to be unacceptable and they tell her to get it repaired so they can reinstate her policy which they cancelled. Now she was terrified because her reverse mortgage company had been informed that her insurance was cancelled and she had to have insurance as part of her reverse mortgage contract! What insurance company was going to cover her with this roof? She called the roofing company that had done her roof but they didn't answer, they were long gone. So, she called Tim Bowen with Austin Roofing And Construction. He went out there and fixed her roof for as little as he could out of her pocket and got her In touch with a good Insurance agent who took care of her and got the reverse mortgage people happy again. Happy story? Not really. Tim was saddened by how such a nice lady was lied to, stolen from and put into such a bad position through no doing of her own. He said "I just wish I could give her a whole new roof for free, because that is what she really paid for and needs."
That was where this idea began. We will donate 1% of of total job cost, (On Every Job), to helping our community members who have been scammed, stolen from or that plain need Help! Let us help bring the security back to their lives by protecting quite possibly their largest investment, their homes. R.A.W. is the non-profit arm of Austin Roofing and Construction so there are no salaries or overhead paid out of this fund.
Austin Roofing and Construction's contributions back into our community of Austin...
2025 Donations
- Youth Sports Association= $700
- Central Texas Children's Home= $900
- Helping Hand Home for Children= $900
- St. Jude's= $900
- Wimberley Good Neighbor= $400
- Kerr County Flood Relief Fund & Texsar Search and Rescue= $5,000
- Plugerville Ag & Youth Boosters= $1,200
- Fig Tree Outreach Food Program= $200
- Back Pack Friends = $800
Total= $11,000
2024 Donations
- 11 New Metal Roofs Donated to Community First! Village= $38,500
- Habitat for humanity NEW home roof= $10,000
- Little League Sports Teams= $2,440
- Teen Competitive Shooting club= $5,500
- Children's Circus= $100
- Wimberley Good Neighbor= $6,000
- ISD Sponsorships= $1,000
- FFA (Future Farmers of America)= $5,500
- Central Texas Children's Home= $3,200
- Helping Hand Home for Children= $3,700
- Center for Child Protection= $5,000
- St. Jude's= $1,200
- Crockett High School - Tool Boxes= $487
Total= $82,627
2023 Donations
- Community First! Village 12 Free Roofs = $46,200
- Children's Home Christmas Party = $2,975 & 8 KIDS SPONSORED
- Helping Hand Home New Year's party = $2,500
- Little League Sports Teams = $4,200
- CENTER FOR CHILD PROTECTION: NEW Roof for the Stage $4,200 & Cash Donations Totaling $34,500 = $38,700
- Free Roof to a Single Mom = $8,791
Total= $103,366
2022 Donations
- Community First! Village 27 Free Roofs = $98,000
- Children's Home Christmas Party = $2,535
- Helping Hand Home New Year's party = $1,500
- Little League Sports Teams = $3,700
Total= $105,735
2021 Donations
- Community First! Village22 Free Roofs =$65,500
- Children's Home Christmas Party =$1,800
- Helping Hand Home New Year's party =$1,500
- Little League Sports Teams =$4,500
Total =$73,300
2020 Donations
- Community First! Village: 26 Free Roofs =$54,600
- 2 Free roofs to local homeowners: 1 metal roof & 1 shingle roof= $18,200
- Children's Home Christmas Party + $2,500 Donation= $4,000
- Helping Hand Home New Year's party = $1,500
Total =$78,300
2019 Donations
- Community First! Village: 16 Free Roofs - 1 installed for Ryan Construction =$35,885
- Christmas Party @ Central Texas Children's Home: 1 Party, Sponsored Kids, crafts & Salt Lick BBQ catered= $2,200
- New Years Party @ Helping hand Home for Children: 1 Party for all the kids, smores, DJ, Dancing, Dinner & Crafts = $2,400
Total $40,485
2018 Donations
- American Legions Post 326 Sponsorship $1,500
- Ronald McDonald House Central Texas $ 850
- APIE (Austin Partners in Education) Mentor $1,000
- Central Texas Children’s Home Christmas Party $2,400
- Helping Hand Home for Children New Year's Eve Party $1,600
- Cunningham Elementary 400 T-Shirts $ 500
- AMVET – American Veterans $ 100
- Proud Supporter of the AGLCC $200
- Putting Fore a Cause Just Hole Sponsorship $200
- NAWIC Sponsorship $1,725
- AGLCC Sponsorship $150
- AIBA (Austin Independent Business Alliance) $1,000
- NARPM $500
- Benaway Scholarship $ 200
- Community First Village Roof Donations (3). Small Houses for the Homeless by Mobile Loaves & Fishes $7,800
Total $19,725
*Time Donations by ARC staff are calculated at $25 per hour.
In 2018 we met the creator of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, the founding non-profit for Community First! Village, Alan Graham & his COO Kevin Shepherd. They took us on a strolling tour through a dream made into a reality. We were so captured by what they, Alan, his team & the residents, are creating that we joined forces wholeheartedly with them.
The residents are working in a functioning community that includes a large gardening program, auto shop, stores, food trucks, art creation, hair salon, church, steel forging, glass blowing, hotel & more! They, the residents, work the all shops. They are building their own businesses!
The vision of empowering & changing the lives of so many at the same time is awe inspiring still! We are proud to be a small part assisting in this amazing show of love & humanity gone right.
To learn more about the history & future of Community First! Village click here
2017 Donations
- Paella Dinner & Wine Tasting - Boy Scouts $500
- Free Roof – Garrison Park $6,800
- APIE Mentor $1,250
- St. Julia Catholic Church $1,500
- Shriners Kids Circus Austin $500
- Austin Disaster Relief Network (Houston Floods) $500
- American Veterans in Austin $100
- Central TX Children’s Home Christmas Party $1,016
- Presents Raised & Donated $1,350
- Helping Hand Home for Children New Year’s Eve Party $1,749
- AIBA Volunteer Time $900
Total $16,165
Austin Roofing and Construction donated a roof to a baseball facility in Garrison Park in November.
By Luz Moreno-Lozano
3:26 pm Jan. 22, 2018
A Garrison Park baseball facility is sporting a new rooftop thanks to a Austin Roofing and Construction donation made in November.
In 2016, spouses and co-partners Tim and Christine Bowen of Austin Roofing Company implemented Austin Gives, a program through the Austin Chamber of Commerce where businesses donate 1 percent of their total gross income back to the city of Austin. As a result, the company donates at least two roofs a year to residents in the greater Austin area who might not otherwise be able to afford a new roof but are in dire need.
The goal behind implementing the Austin Gives program, Bowen said, was to bring honest roofing work to families in Central Texas. She said Texas does not require licensing for roofing contractors, which opens the community up to scams.
“I hear so many roofing horror stories,” Bowen said. “We wanted to create a program that could fix this and instead it turned into opening up an opportunity for community members who really need a new roof.”
The company was contacted by little league team South Austin Optimist to place a new roof on the building located right next to the baseball field at Garrison Park. League president Ric Castaneda was extremely grateful for the support.
“It is heartwarming to realize that there are people such as your company that is willing to help others,” Castaneda said in a testimony to the company. “To that we say, thank you, Garrison Park, for being here in South Austin with barbecue pits and an awesome pool.”
The Garrison Park facility roof was the only donation made by Austin Gives in 2017, Bowen said, so the pair is striving to donate three roofs in 2018. Link to Editorial
2016 Donations
- March 2016: Nina Klipple Kyle TX. New Roof $6,000
- April 2016: Donation to Austin Gives Mixer $400
- Helping Hand Home For Children $900
- Ronald McDonald House – Austin $500
- Lone Star Soccer Club of Austin $200
- Christmas Party Central Texas Children’s Home $2,150
- Wish List Present Central Texas Children’s Home $151
- ALLGO $57
- RCAT Toys for Tots $250
- December 2016: Kelli Page Austin TX. New Roof $6,000
- APIE – Elementary School Mentoring (40 hours) $1,000
Total $17,608
"Austin Roofing & Construction came to my rescue when I really needed it due to my husband's illness. When our roof started to leaking, I had no idea how I would have it repaired, if it could be repaired. It was just another major problem added on to the ones I already had. When Tim & Christine became aware of my situation they immediately stepped in.
They came out, didn't repair it but put a Complete New Roof on, No Charge. My husband Henry, a 30 year Navy Retired Vietnam Veteran, & I will never be able to thank Tim & Christine enough. They are two of the nicest, most caring people you would ever hope to meet. Just knowing them has enriched our lives, besides all they've done.
Thank you Tim & Christine. GOD Bless you both & your family. GOD Bless America." - Nina Klipple
2015 Donations
In 2015 Austin Roofing and Construction Used R.A.W. Funds & Time For These Contributions:
- Re-Branding of Bastrop Emergency Food Pantry
- Donation of Free Full Home Gutter System: Spirit 109 Radio for Operations Fundraising
- Mentoring at Manchaca Elementary
- F7 Group Operations Fundraiser
- Putt Putt (UT Club) for Helping Hands home
- Austin Food Bank Holiday Food Drive
- CEO Program
- St. Vincent De Paul Society
- Annual Christmas Party For Central Texas Children’s Home
- Roof Labor Donated to Rebuilding Together Austin
- Proud Supporter of the AGLCC - Austin Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
- Donation: Girls Empowerment Network Scholarship(s) to We Are Girls! Conference 2015
Total $7,512
Sincerely,
The Team at Austin Roofing and Construction
