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• VARP Advocacy Day: 2025 General Assembly

  • When
    01/30/2025
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    7:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Truist Building (formerly SunTrust), 3rd floor Cafeteria - 919 E Main St, Richmond, VA 23219

  
  

  Join VARP's Advocacy Committee for a short but impactful visit to the General Assembly.

  We will gather at the Truist Building cafeteria for an informal briefing and then split into small groups for meetings with various General Assembly members.

  Agenda

  7:30 am Gather at Truist Cafeteria (opens for breakfast at 7 am)

  8:00 am Legislator Visits - Attendees will visit legislators in groups with other VARP members to discuss legislative policy issues related to roofing

  11:30 am Lunch Debrief - Attendees will meet in the cafeteria dining room to discuss their visits

  
  

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• NRCA ProCert Exam Prep Class: Low Slope Metal Flashings and Accessories Installer

  • Start
    03/08/2025
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  • End
    03/22/2025
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    TCC Portsmouth Skilled Trades Center, 3303 Airline Blvd, Portsmouth, VA 23701

  This March, VARP is hosting a strategic test prep course to prepare participants to take and pass the NRCA ProCert Exam for Low Slope Metal Flashings and Accessories Installer. 

  This course is specifically structured for installers with a minimum of two years of field experience in installing metal flashings and accessories on low-slope roofs. It will include a focused, 16-hour curriculum spread over two Saturdays, followed by a 4-hour certification exam, ensuring that your employees are not only prepared but are proven experts in their field.  Ray Coykendall of JD Miles & Sons Roofing will instruct the class, providing an excellent opportunity for your employees to refine their skills under seasoned guidance. 

  Prep Class: Saturdays, March 8 & 15, 2025, 8 am – 4 pm

  Exam: Saturday, March 22, 2024, 8 am – Noon

  Location: TCC Portsmouth Skilled Trades Center, 3303 Airline Blvd, Portsmouth, VA 23701 

  Employers may be eligible for tuition reimbursement for this class under the Perkins Act for incumbent workers who successfully complete the exam.

  Class size is limited!  

  
  

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• VARP 7th Annual Sporting Clays Classic

  • When
    03/18/2025
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    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Old Forge Sporting Clays, 7945 Long Reach Rd, Providence Forge, VA 23140

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  Team registration will open in January 2025.

  Volunteers needed! Volunteers are needed to man the 17 stations. Training and lunch is provided.

  About the tournament

  This sporting clays event is designed for both experienced shooters and novices. Proceeds support VARP’s operations. Companies are encouraged to sponsor generously and use the event to entertain clients and reward their star employees.

  The tournament will consist of 5-person teams, 100 targets per person, and 16 stations plus a turkey shoot contest. Registration is limited to 17 teams. Because team registrations are limited, preference will be given to teams with at least one VARP member. Your team is not confirmed until your payment is received by VARP. If you do not receive a receipt, your team is not considered reserved.

  Boxed lunches are provided for teams and volunteers. Each team will get 1 golf cart and entry into the Turkey Shoot Contest for each shooter. Plaques will be given for the “Top Gun” and the top 3 teams.

  Tentative Schedule
  

  10:50am: Trapper training for volunteers

  11am-noon: Lunch and registration

  11:50 AM: Mandatory safety meeting for all shooters

  Noon: Tournament begins

  Immediately Following Tournament: Awards & Raffle Drawing

  Click here for VARP tournament policies and disclaimers.

  Click here for waiver form. (All first-timers to Old Forge must complete the waiver and turn it in at the clubhouse.)

  Click here for range rules.

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• NRCA Roofing Day in DC 2025

  • Start
    04/08/2025
  • End
    04/09/2025
  • Location
    Capitol Hill, Washington, DC

  
  

  Save the Date
  April 8-9, 2025

  Join VARP and your fellow roofing professionals from around the country at NRCA's Roofing Day in DC, the only federal advocacy event dedicated solely to the roofing inudstry!

  This year’s event will take place at the Grand Hyatt Washington on April 8-9, 2025. The formal program runs from late afternoon on April 8th to the evening of April 9th. We also coordinate optional sightseeing and touring options on April 10th that are quickly becoming family favorites.

  This industrywide advocacy event attracts hundreds of roofing professionals annually and we need your help in growing our voice in Washington. Recent years’ advocacy efforts have:

  • Increased funding for Perkins CTE state grants by more than $100 million
  • Prevented historic tax increases while building support for permanent solutions for the industry
  • Progressed reforms to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
  • Ensured the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act included a strong buildings component
  • Ushered major provisions of the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, legislation to promote energy efficiency in residential, commercial, and industrial buildings into law.
  • Passed into law the Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act, legislation to prohibit the use of reverse auctions for construction services procured by the federal government.
  • Strengthened relationships with key decision makers in the federal government.

  To learn about Roofing Day in DC, click here.  Registration opens in January.

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• VARP 9th Annual Spring Charity Golf Tournament

  • When
    05/01/2025
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    10:00 AM
  • Location
    Ford's Colony Country Club, 240 Ford's Colony Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23188

  
  

  VARP 9th Annual Charity Golf Tournament

  Thursday, May 1, 2025
  

  Ford's Colony Country Club
  240 Ford's Colony Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23188

  Registration Includes:
  18 Holes of Golf
  Refreshments during play
  Putting Contest w guaranteed cash payout up to $1,000
  Trophies for Top 3 teams
  Range balls
  Cart
  Continental Breakfast
  Steak lunch

  Registration opening soon!

  
  

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• VARP & Henrico CTE: Roofing Career Camp for Rising 9th - 12th Graders

  • Start
    06/02/2025
  • End
    06/19/2025
  • Location
    Advanced Career Education (ACE) Center at Hermitage High School, 8350 Hermitage High Blvd, Henrico, VA 23228

  Roofing Career Camp introduces rising 9th - 12th graders to the high-tech, in-demand world of roofing, where students will learn about safety, advanced roofing systems, and the essential skills needed for this exciting career. Students will explore various roofing types and gain hands-on experience in thermoplastic roofing installation, a skill highly valued in today's evolving construction industry. Complete the camp ready to compete in SkillsUSA thermoplastic competitions and discover the potential for a lucrative, professional future in this vital field.

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• VARP 58th Annual Summer Convention

  • Start
    07/30/2025
  • End
    08/01/2025
  • Location
    Wintergreen Resort, 39 Mountain Inn Loop #707, Roseland, VA, 22967

  
  

  VARP's 58th Annual Summer Convention will be held at picturesque Wintergreen Resort in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, July 30-August 1, 2025.  All attendees must pre-register. 

  Registration opening soon!

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