Community Involvement

Freedom Festival and Cruise For Troops

Invisible Wounds Project who’s mission is to support Vets and First Responders with PTSD and mental health challenges. We sponsored the Freedom Festival and the Cruz for Troops event at the festival last fall.

A Commitment to Heroes: Advantage Construction and Roofs for Troops

At Advantage Construction, patriotism is alive and well, and pride in our armed forces runs deep. Honoring the service and sacrifice of our troops is firmly rooted in both our company’s mission and core values. We’re committed to recruiting former military service members and are proud to have several veterans on our team. We also believe in giving back to those who have secured our freedom and security, and to continually strive to donate our time, talents, and efforts to honor their sacrifices.

We were thrilled to be approached by Owens Corning as one of their Platinum Preferred Providers to be their Twin Cities Roof Deployment Project partner. To address the often-overlooked home repairs of deployed service members, the project offers a new Owens Corning roof to a service member and their families. Working in conjunction with Purple Heart Homes, we reached out through our network to find a veteran in the Twin Cities area who urgently needed a new roof.

We were honored to provide the crew who installed the new roof for this deserving soldier and his family, and we are happy to have our contribution recently shared at the 2019 Owens Corning Annual Conference. We hope our story encourages builders and contractors to participate in this program and actively seek out deserving candidates in their local areas. We hope that connecting the Owens Corning Roof Deployment Project with organizations like Purple Heart Homes will spread the word about this worthy endeavor and help veterans connect with home builders more quickly. We can’t wait to work on our next “Roof for Troops”!

Celebrating the 4th of July: Advantage Construction and the Annual Independence Day Parade in Forest Lake

The Advantage Construction crew is a proud, patriotic team. We believe that actively participating in community events is not only our responsibility but our privilege. For several years, we have eagerly participated in the annual Forest Lake 4th of July parade. Sponsored by the Forest Lake VFW, it’s an event we look forward to every year with great anticipation and eagerly contemplate ways to update our parade float for maximum patriotic display. (Our efforts have resulted in winning the “Most Patriotic” display two years in a row!)

With over 30,000 in attendance this year, crowding the streets to celebrate 132 parade vehicles and floats (including 12 rousing area high school bands!), it was the type of event that makes us feel honored to be a part of an event that celebrates our communities, our military service men and women, and our country. We thank the Forest Lake VFW for putting on such a fantastic celebration and wish all a very Happy Independence Day!

Gratitude for Our Community: Advantage Construction Holds First Annual Food Drive for NACE

We are proud Minnesotans here at Advantage Construction and are grateful to be part of the wonderful Northern Anoka County community. When it came time to build our new headquarters last year, there was no other place we wanted to be! Thankful to be part of this thriving, vibrant area, we wanted to find a way to express our appreciation for the generous support we received from our neighbors and friends as we built our new “home base” here in East Bethel. With that in mind, the Advantage Construction First Annual Food Drive for NACE (Northern Anoka County Emergency Food Shelf) was born!

Held in conjunction with our new building’s Open House in October, the Advantage team accepted food donations and encouraged participation by offering a FREE giveaway of an Evelyn Leaf Guard for Gutters system. Anyone who donated to the food drive was eligible for the giveaway.

With the matching contributions of Advantage Construction owners Chris and Heidi Amiot, we were thrilled to donate several pounds of needed items to NACE in time for Thanksgiving dinner, as well as provide many additional lunch items to support NACE’s local children’s lunch programs. We are incredibly thankful to be part of this wonderful community and are excited for our second annual food drive this autumn!