New York City is considered an Urban Heat Island. That means it has an enormous amount of dark surfaces that trap heat, like rooftops, and make it up to 27°F hotter than suburbs. This causes a number of problems: for one, cooling down the buildings wastes a massive amount of energy. There is a simple solution: Painting roofs with energy saving white reflective paint.

The White Roof Project will be painting the roof of the Bowery Mission on September 18th through the 20th. That's over 10,000 square feet so we're going to need a lot of help! If you'd like to volunteer for one of our painting parties just go to www.whiteroofproject.com/volunteer-now. Enter your name and email address and we'll be in touch. It's that easy!

If you can't make it but you'd still like to help out, you can donate to the project at www.whiteroofproject.com/adopt-a-roof. All proceeds go towards painting white roofs.

This event is proudly partnered with the Sierra Club, NYC Coolroofs, The Bowery Mission, and White Tops NYC.