Medfield Mom Has New Roof After Winning Contest

Eva Pantelides O’Brien now has one less thing to worry about.

The single mother of two was worried about losing her house insurance because of a faulty roof, but on Nov. 1 O’Brien learned she was the winner of a free roof as part of the No Roof Left Behind program.

On Saturday, Nov. 9, local sponsor O’Lyn Roofing of Norwood showed up with a crew of more than 20 people and the roof was on in a matter of hours.

“The people at O'lyn did such a great job. I will be notifying my insurance company [this week] to send an inspector and I can lay this to rest,” she said.

Mike Olen, the owner of O’Lyn Roofing, said he learned about the national program during a trade show last year. He signed up to take on Norfolk County and ran the on-line contest in October.  

“It was a little slow at the beginning but in the end it was a horse race,” he said as he supervised the roof installation on Saturday. Finalists included O’Brien, two families from Braintree and one family from Quincy.

O’Lyn sponsored a community barbecue on Saturday which included food, prizes and raffles. Co-sponsors included GAF, ABC Supply, Roche Bros., CL Noonan Disposal, Sign-a-Rama Walpole, Papa Gino’s, and Medfield’s Dunkin’ Donuts.