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Collision Repair Education Foundation Celebrates 30th Anniversary

January 21, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

CREF 30th Anniversary logo

The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) is celebrating its’ 30th anniversary in 2021 and will be ramping up efforts to support high school and college collision programs, students, and instructors nationwide. As collision school instructors across the country face limiting program budgets and industry expectations of graduating properly trained, entry-level students, now more than ever […]

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Collision Repair Education Foundation Announces Six New Board Members

January 8, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) announced the appointment of six new members to its Board of Trustees. The six Board of Trustees members who joined in 2020 include: Tom Brown, 3M Paul Folino, LKQ Corporation Brenda Hogen, PartsTrader Ken Hudson, Farmers Insurance Scott Kohl, Liberty Mutual Insurance Sandee Lindorfer, Allstate Insurance Company Tom Wolf, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3M, Allstate Insurance, Board of Trustees, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Farmers Insurance, Liberty Mutual Insurance, LKQ Corporation, PartsTrader, People

Collision Repair Education Foundation Launches 12 Days of CREF-mas Winter Giving Campaign

December 14, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Melissa Marscin Interview

In our video interview, Melissa Marscin from CREF discusses the challenges schools and students have faced due to the pandemic and how the industry can help develop its future workforce. As the Congress made it easier for individuals to deduct charitable donations in the CARES Act passed to help the nation recover from the pandemic, […]

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Service King Partners with Collin College to Support Collision Repair Training Program

December 4, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Service King Collision announced it has teamed up with the Collin College Technical Campus in Allen, Texas to provide ongoing support for the school’s Collision Technology Program. Service King in partnership with the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF), the nonprofit that focuses on pre-employment and preparing the next generation of auto body technicians, began helping […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Service King Collision Repair Centers, Texas

Collision Repair Education Foundation Virtual Golf Fundraiser Open

November 23, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Repair Industry Foundation opened its 30-day National Virtual Golf Fundraiser last Friday. Announced in October, the Foundation is partnering with 90 I-CAR Volunteer Committees on the nationwide winter virtual golf fundraiser, exclusively sponsored by PPG Automotive. The event will run through Sunday, December 20. More information and registration are available online at the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Collision Repair Education Foundation, Fundraiser, Golf Outing, PPG Industries

Collision Repair Education Foundation Executive Director Clark Plucinski to Retire

November 20, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Board launches search campaign for new executive director. The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) announced that Clark Plucinski, executive director of the non-profit dedicated to supporting collision repair educational programs, schools, and students to create qualified, entry-level employees and connect them with an array of career opportunities, intends to retire. The Foundation is launching a […]

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Collision Repair Education Foundation Seeks Sponsors for Student Uniforms

October 30, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) is seeking industry sponsorship for high school and college collision repair school programs nationwide to provide students with work uniforms. Instructors that have received these uniforms for their students in the past have shared that their students feel a new sense of pride and professionalism when wearing them. Collision […]

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Collision Repair Education Foundation Partners with 90 I-CAR Volunteer Committees on Fundraiser

October 15, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

CREF Collision Cup

Winter virtual golf fundraiser, sponsored by PPG, will benefit local collision repair school programs. To raise additional support for high school and college collision school programs, the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) will be collaborating with 90 I-CAR Volunteer Committee groups nationwide on a winter virtual golf fundraiser, exclusively sponsored by PPG Automotive. More information […]

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Estimator Benefits from Collision Repair Education Foundation Scholarships and Industry Support

October 2, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Justin Furman, an estimator at Bill Brown Ford in Livonia, Mich., is on the fast track to becoming a manager and largely credits his career successes to the support he received from the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) and PPG. “The scholarships I received from the industry enabled me to graduate college with a bachelor’s […]

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3M Donates Signature Event with Chip Foose to the Collision Repair Education Foundation Fundraiser Supporting Military Veterans and Collision Repair Schools

September 21, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Chip Foose Signing Hoods

To show support for the Collision Industry and advancing career opportunities, 3M donated a signature event with Chip Foose, as well as other Chip Foose memorabilia, to the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) combined efforts to raise funds for the Hire Our Heroes program in addition to raising additional support for high school college collision […]

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