b'Member Profi1e Helping Recycled Materials Reach Africa\'s Needy "One man\'s trash is another man\'s treasure" isebehind th mantra many recycling efforts, including one that extends from Kaukauna, WI- home toty-Luebke Roofing-toIvory Coast. Securi Africa\'s Thanks to the vision of a local missionary and the generosity of Security-Luebke donating recycled materials, several hundred needy families in Liberia or Ghana, Africa, will soona roof over their have heads and help watering their crops. T initiative b when crews of Security-Luebke, a 54-yearold heegan-roofingntractor, realized that they would have a generous amount coofastic roofing material left overa large commercial roofing pl on coproject. Company president Troy Ribblentacted the Neenah, WI-based International C en\'s Fund (ICF), aaid organization hildr humanitarian with whichhad previously worked, to see ifthereld be heofficialswouinterested in materials. ICF founder and international directorBruenning, DavidPhD, oo samp and jumped at the chance. "I t k alefigured out how we could didnmost economically load it into the shipping container. It\'t take long to figure itAfricans are inthese materials. It\'s like out.dire need of gold to them and when theyve it, they are eternally g " recei rateful.Dr. Bruenning said that African families who live in mud-and-stick huts in refugee c and in poor rural areas arelarly vulnerampsparticuinwipe abletorrential rains, which can quicklyout their homes and them depleteof water needed to maintain crops during dry seasons. Plastic roofing materials aresecuring homes and maintaining ideal for fields and other agricultural uses, he said. Message to MRCA Members Ribble stressed that recycling e are not difficult to implement and fforts that Security-Luebke, a third-generation family-owned bus ess, was inoforsWisconsin onethe first roofing contract into "go green." "It\'sthat recycling this type ofialdifficult and generally truemater is costt byating it toit becomes effective prohibitive, bu don ICF,both from a cost and process perspective," Ribble explained. "We benefit by not having to p ato disposethe product. And w it does aylandfillofhile take all amount ofto package and ship the material, sma timethe neglig It companiesthe cost isible.\'s my hope otherdiscoverbenefits of partnering with ICE "This program reallycost ouranything, b is hasn\'tcompanyut it bringing a great d lgoodtop leare less fortunate," he ea ofeop whosaid. Dr Bruenning stressed that the need inisand that ICF is .Africagreat poor familiesther always dedicated to helpingwho livee. "We\'relooking orefood roofingfor opportunities to get m supplies, whether that is,, clothing, oriculture seed. We do a lotwatermunicipal agr withwells, pumps,PVC stuff anything that can be usedin piping,- well-water drilling o ons [because] clean water is initical need." perati crFor more information, contact Ribble at tribble@ribblegroup. 920. 66comor call him at7 .7904. 22www.mrca. org- MidwestRoofer'