In October 2021, Global Finishing Solutions (GFS) partnered with famed custom car builder Ringbrothers and the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) for a sky-high fundraising event. While helicopter ball drops have been held in conjunction with golf tournaments to support CREF in the past, the idea of hosting a helicopter ball drop as a standalone […]
20th Annual AASP-MN Race for Automotive Education February 22-23
The 20th Annual Race for Automotive Education is planned for February 22, 23 & 24, 2022, at ProKart Indoor Racing, Burnsville, Minn. The event serves as the primary fundraiser for Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) Automotive Education Fund, that provides financial resources to support automotive and collision repair students, enhance automotive programs […]
ASE Education Foundation Offers Free Instructor Professional Development Webinar on Adopt-a-School Tool Kit
ASE Education Foundation is hosting a free professional development webinar for instructors focusing on the foundation’s new Adopt-a-School Tool Kit. The one-hour webinar is recorded and available for viewing at any time. In the webinar, Mike Coley and John Saia of the ASE Education Foundation provide insight into the new Adopt-a-School Tool Kit. Among the […]
Farmers Insurance Partners with Collision Repair Education Foundation to Provide Grants to Five Schools
Insurer also donates record 30 vehicles to schools last year. Continuing its collaboration with the Collision Repair Education Foundation, Farmers Insurance sponsored five $3,000 Benchmark Grants to support collision repair education programs at secondary and post-secondary schools. Instructors use donated funds to enhance their educational offerings and help ensure that the students graduating from their […]
Collision Engineering Program Receives $700,000 Grant from ECMC Foundation to Address Collision Repair Technician Shortage
The Collision Engineering Program announced in late December that it received a $700,000 grant from the ECMC Foundation to support the growth and expansion of the program. With foundational support provided by the Enterprise Holdings Foundation, the program launched last year and is designed to attract and develop entry-level talent to fill essential roles within […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation Receives $100,000 Grant from General Motors
Funds will be used to support program to educate students and school guidance counselors on industry collision repair industry career opportunities. The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) announced that General Motors has provided a $100,000 grant in support of the Foundation’s Career Opportunity Awareness Initiative, which focuses on highlighting the collision repair industry as a […]
Allstate Donates Cars to Collision Repair Education Foundation
The donation of 17 cars helps students train to successfully enter the workforce upon graduation. The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) announced that Allstate recently donated salvaged vehicles to 17 collision repair educational programs around the country to give students current model vehicles to work on. The donation also helps ensure students are successfully prepared […]
Enterprise Supports Youth in Partnership with Ranken Technical College and Women’s Industry Network
Enterprise is supporting a new teaching model for the collision repair industry to enhance student proficiency and job placement According to the company, the term “technician” no longer encompasses all the experience and knowledge today’s collision repair technicians need to work on modern vehicles. Enter Collision Engineering. The brainchild of John Helterbrand, national collision engineering […]
ASE Education Foundation Launches New Adopt-A-School Program
The ASE Education Foundation has introduced a new Adopt-A-School program that enables businesses to provide support to local schools while simultaneously providing those businesses with access to up-and-coming service professionals entering the work force. “Our Adopt-A-School program is a new avenue to help increase the number of service professionals entering the industry while at the […]
FTC Targets False Claims by For-Profit Colleges Including Those Teaching Collision Repair
Commission resurrects legal tool to trigger steep penalties against for-profit colleges. The Federal Trade Commission put 70 for-profit higher education institutions on notice that the agency is cracking down on any false promises they make about their graduates’ job and earnings prospects and other outcomes and will hit violators with significant financial penalties. The FTC […]
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