Autism Caring Center Service Project 2026
Written By: Clint Iams, NAFCA Executive Director, Amity, PA This April, we’re proud to come together with the Autism Caring Center for a NAFCA Service Project that puts safety and family first. On Friday, April 24, volunteers will be installing a black chain-link fence for a Pennsylvania family whose child is autistic and a “runner”. This fence isn’t […]
SWPA Project 2025
Written By: Clint Iams, NAFCA Executive Director, Amity, PA On April 25 and 26, 2025, North American Fence Contractors Association (NAFCA) hosted the Southwestern Pennsylvania Service Project / Install Clinic in Washington, PA. Twenty-seven fence contractors traveled from Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, Canada, and many places in between to serve Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pennsylvania (DVSSP) at their Washington Safe House. Working side by side, volunteers: Beyond the physical […]
Business Ops, Arlington Service Project, and Tom
Written By: Clint Iams, NAFCA Executive Director, Amity, PA As I am sure many of you are aware, last Friday we completed another Arlington National Cemetery Service Project. This was the eleventh service project NAFCA has completed at Arlington since our inception. I have personally had the privilege of being at eight of these volunteer projects. For this […]
Kencove Gives Back to Local Community Garden
Written By: Eli Mack, Kencove, Blairsville, PA “We can begin by doing small things at the local level, like planting community gardens or looking out for our neighbors. That is how change takes place in living systems, not from above but from within, from many local actions occurring simultaneously.” — Grace Lee Boggs Local actions occurring […]
Giving Back for those who Gave All: NAFCA Service Project at Arlington National Cemetery (reblog)
Provided by Stockade. This blog post originally appeared on Stockade’s website. It is reposted with permission. We are reposting this blog as we at NAFCA are working diligently to schedule this year’s project at Arlington National Cemetery. Details around this project should be forthcoming shortly. This year Stockade had the honor of joining the North American Fence […]
Final Service Project of 2021: Impromptu Arlington National Cemetery Project
As you may remember, we were attempting to do a large service project in early October. Unfortunately, the pandemic changed our plans yet again and we had to cancel the project. In preparation for the October project, Ultra Aluminum Manufacturing sent 140 feet of black ornamental aluminum to Arlington for us to install as part of the […]
First Service Project of 2021: Operation Second Chance
Written By: Clint Iams, NAFCA Executive Director, Amity, PA The North American Fence Contractor Association (NAFCA) completed its first service project of 2021 on a windy and bitter cold January 29th. Despite the stiff wind and noticeable negative wind chill, the crew completed 300’ of ornamental aluminum for Operation Second Chance. It’s easy to stay warm when working for a great […]
NAFCA Arlington Project Schedule Announced
NAFCA is holding a board meeting March 31, 2016 at 9:00 am at the Best Western Pentagon Hotel, 2480 S Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22206. All members are welcome. This is the first of three events to kick off the annual Arlington National Cemetery project. The meeting will be followed by a Lead Generation to Profitability Seminar. […]
2015 Arlington National Cemetery Service Project
Written By: Scott B. Ruete, USCG Retired, Arlington Project Chairman On Friday, March 27th, NAFCA performed our 5th annual fence replacement service project at Arlington National Cemetery. Over these years, we have replaced hundreds of feet of old damaged fencing in various locations throughout the facility. Some has been with new 6’ high black vinyl coated chain link […]
NAFCA’s First Artifact
Written By: Scott B. Ruete, USCG Retired, Arlington Project Chairman NAFCA’s first artifact came from a project fence job we did at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) in April of 2012. We were removing 600’ l/ft of 70-year-old, 6’ galvanized chain link fence from the right side of the ANC entrance. I had seen this large cut-off limb […]