You can count on Clopay dealers to provide great garage doors and service. You can also count on them to provide great community service as well.

Over the years, dealers around the country have teamed up with Clopay to donate products, time and labor to worthwhile charities benefiting people in their hometown. From Doors for Troops to ABC “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”, from Habitat for Humanity to the Shriners Hosiptals, the Clopay family does what it takes to give back.

Rob and Lisa Jones, owners of Best Overhead Door in the Portland, Oregon metro area are sponsoring the Amy Roloff Charity Foundation Dinner/Auction and Golf Event August 22 – 23, 2010 to benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children and the Oregon Special Olympics. 

Attendees will have the opportunity to bid and win a  pre-stained Clopay Reserve Collection wood carriage house garage door, installed with a LiftMaster operator donated by Chamberlain.

Visit http://www.amyroloffcharityfoundation.org/ for more information about the event.

You may recognize Amy Roloff from the TLC reality television series Little People, Big World. When she gets a break from her busy schedule, Amy works on her golf game, spends time with her family and donates her service to the DAAA (Dwarf Athletic Association of America) and LPA (Little People of America, Inc.). She further serves her community by advocating for those with disabilities, students, organizations, businesses and non-profits that inspire others to reach their potential in spite of challenges and obstacles. Amy’s physical challenges in being a little person have not stopped her from overcoming obstacles and difficulties. She lives by example, encouraging and supporting others through their own challenges, while emphasizing the benefits of community and team success. In 2009, Amy founded the Amy Roloff Charity Foundation to raise funds for the DAAA and other local Portland charities.

It was wood vs. steel in the garage door design showdown for the DIY Network’s Blog Cabin.

Wood won and now it’s time to see the results. The virtual tour of Blog Cabin 2010 launches on August 19, as does the giveaway entry period and the premiere of the first episode of Blog Cabin 2010, which will feature Clopay Reserve Collection garage doors.

Blog Cabin is the groundbreaking multimedia experience based on a very simple idea: You Design It, DIY Build Its, You Could Win It! The interactive series invites Internet users to vote on the design features for a real cabin getaway. Blog Cabin will be featured on five special episodes. Expert hosts from the networks hottest series helped renovate the 1970s ranch that will become a luxurious home for a lucky sweepstakes winner. A one-hour Blog Cabin special, hosted by licensed contractor John DeSilvia, will highlight the incredible transformation.

For more information and to enter the Sweepstakes, visit www.diynetwork.com/blog-cabin/index.html.

At Clopay, we know energy efficiency is important to the comfort and value of your home. So we are constantly improving and testing our garage doors and windows to help you lower your utility bills year round. Upgrade to an insulated model before the end of the year and you could qualify for a $1,500 federal Energy Tax Credit.

Here is a list of some of additional Clopay products that now qualify for the Energy Tax Credit:

• Clopay Reserve Collection Custom Wood Garage Doors (without windows)
• Clopay Coachman Collection Garage Doors with Low-E Glass
• Clopay Residential Garage Doors with High-Altitude Insulated Glass

High-altitude insulated glass is now available on several Clopay residential and commercial garage doors.

What’s the need?

Standard insulated glass can break due to pressure changes at altitudes above 5,000 feet. High-altitude glass has a capillary tube installed through the spacer to equalize any pressure differential between the inside and outside of the glass unit.

High-altitude insulated glass is an option on the following residential garage doors that currently offer insulated windows:

• Premium Series
• Gallery® Collection 2” thick 3-Layer Models
• Coachman® Collection CG Models
• Reserve® Collection
• Avante™ Collection

It is also available on square or rectangular shaped plain windows.

•     Grilles and inserts are available to use with this type of glass
•     Not available on decorative windows such as Brilliance or Leaded Series.
•     Not available on arched windows

And the windows qualify for the Energy Tax Credit.

NOTE: High-altitude glass should not be used for installation at an elevation less than 3,000 feet above sea level. Doing so could increase moisture infiltration in the windows, producing a fogged appearance.