The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) and the Carolinas Collision Association (CCA) have established an integrated membership model that will provide CCA members with automatic SCRS membership beginning this month. Under the arrangement, existing and new CCA members will receive membership in both organizations without requiring separate enrollments. “This collaboration is about unity and […]
Southeast Collision Conference Seeks Education Presenters for 2026 Event
The Southeast Collision Conference (SCC) is seeking speaker proposals for its annual conference scheduled for April 23-24 at the Embassy Suites Charlotte Concord in Concord, N.C. The Carolinas Collision Association (CCA) and the Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association (WMABA) will host the fifth annual Southeast Collision Conference, which alternates locations between the two regions each […]
Carolinas Collision Association Awards $16,000 in Tool Grants to Eight Students
The Carolinas Collision Association presented $2,000 tool grants to eight automotive collision repair students at the Southeast Collision Conference, continuing a program that began several years ago. The recipients, selected by the CCA Trade School Committee, include four students from North Carolina and four from South Carolina. Each received funding to purchase tools needed for […]
Carolinas Collision Association Donates Student Uniforms to Lexington Technology Center Through Collision Repair Education Foundation
Future collision repair technicians receive professional uniforms. The 28 students enrolled in the auto collision repair program at the Lexington Technology Center (Lexington, SC) can now hold their heads high as they proudly sport official technician shirts, sponsored by the Carolinas Collision Association (CCA), in collaboration with the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF). In addition […]
Southeast Collision Conference Scheduled for May 16-18 in North Carolina
The Carolinas Collision Association (CCA) and the Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association (WMABA) announced the 3rd annual Southeast Collision Conference (SCC) on May 16-18, 2024 at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, N.C. As with last year, SCC will have national-level contributors taking part in the events. The Conference is intended to move annually between […]
Carolinas Collision Association Partners with WMABA for April 2023 Southeast Collision Conference
The Carolinas Collision Association (CCA) and the Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association (WMABA) announced a partnership to host the 2nd annual Southeast Collision Conference (SCC) on April 14 and 15, at the Meadow Event Park in Doswell, Va. north of Richmond. “Our associations teaming up together isn’t just a one plus one; it’s an opportunity […]
Inaugural Southeast Collision Conference February 3-5 in South Carolina
The Carolinas Collision Association, in partnership with the Tennessee, and Gulf States Collision Associations, will hold the first Southeast Collision Conference in Richburg, S.C., at the Gateway Conference Center. The conference is a two-day event that starts on Thursday, February 3rd, at 8:00 a.m. and goes through Saturday, February 5th. Attendees will enjoy workshops that […]
Southeast Collision Conference Scheduled for February 3-5 in South Carolina
The Carolina’s Collision Association, the Tennessee Collision Repairers Association and the Mississippi Collision Repair Association announced they will host the Southeast Collision Conference on February 3-5, 2022 in South Carolina. The conference will be held at the Gateway Conference Center in Richburg. Located approximately 40 minutes from Charlotte, N.C., the Gateway Conference Center is accessible […]
Interview: Brandon Eckenrode, Collision Repair Education Foundation
Eckenrode details how the Foundation is adapting to assist collision repair schools and students who have been impacted by the coronavirus crisis. With virtually all schools and college facilities closed through the U.S. to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, the Collision Repair Education Foundation is adapting to increase the industry’s support for its […]
Carolinas Collision Association Pledges Support for Collision Repair Schools
The Carolinas Collision Association has pledged to raise $250,000 in in-kind, product donations to support North Carolina and South Carolina high school and college collision repair schools and technical programs over the summer through the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF). These donations, tax-deductible through CREF, include spare parts (fenders, bumper covers, etc), tools, equipment, paint, […]