Registration for the 18th Annual Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) Golf Fundraiser, co-hosted by the automotive refinish business unit of PPG, is now available online. The event will be held at the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course on Tuesday, July 23 in conjunction with other collision industry events taking place that week in Indianapolis, Ind. The […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation Student Scholarship Deadline February 14
The Collision Repair Education Foundation issued a reminder that its 2019 grant and scholarship application period will close next Thursday, February 14. The application period is open for high school and post-secondary collision students who will be attending career and technical schools and colleges in the fall. Application information for CREF grants and scholarships is […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation Receives $75,000 Support from Enterprise Holdings Foundation
The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced that the Enterprise Holdings Foundation has continued its support of the organization with a contribution of $75,000 to support collision education. The donation benefits the industry by enhancing the Collision Repair Education Foundation’s ability to offer grants and scholarships to career and technical schools and colleges and the students […]
3M and Collision Repair Education Foundation Continue Hire Our Heroes Program in 2019
The 3M Automotive Aftermarket Division, along with the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF), are again offering the popular 3M Hire Our Heroes scholarship and tool grant awards program for 2019 to help military members and their families pursue careers in the collision repair industry. This is the seventh year that 3M has partnered with the […]
Career Fair at March 29-30 Denver Auto Show to Raise Awareness of Collision Repair Industry Employment Needs
The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) is hosting a two day career fair on March 29-30 in collaboration with the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association (CADA). Held during the Denver Auto Show at the Colorado Convention Center auto dealers and collision professionals will have a chance to present career opportunities to student training for a transportation […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation Accepting School Grant Applications
The application for the Collision Repair Education Foundation Benchmark Grant program, formerly the Foundation’s Ultimate Makeover Grant, is now available. The grant program is in its 10th year and has awarded more than $4 million in cash and in-kind donations impacting over 25,000 students. The Foundation is advising instructors to begin the application early and […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation Seeks Sponsors to Supply Safety Kits to Students
The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) is facilitating a student safety kit donation program between collision repair businesses and high school and college collision repair programs. The safety kit includes: New Cintas work shirt/pants Pair of safety glasses Ear plugs Disposable dusk mask Each local student can be sponsored for $50. Businesses that sponsor 20 […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation Offering $200,000 in Student Grants and Scholarships
The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) announced its 2019 grant and scholarship application period is now open to high school and post-secondary collision students who will be attending career and technical schools and colleges in the fall. The Foundation and its industry supporters offer over $200,000 in grants and scholarships annually, as part of their […]
LKQ Corporation Donates $25,000 to Collision Repair Education Foundation
LKQ Corporation has renewed its $25,000 contribution to the Collision Repair Education Foundation, as part of its continuing commitment to the future of the collision repair industry. The financial contribution is in addition to the in-kind donation of parts that LKQ donates to collision school programs each year. The monetary contribution assists Education Foundation’s ability […]
Author Donates Portion of Funds from Book Sales to Collision Repair Education Foundation
During the most recent Collision Industry Conference held in Las Vegas, Nev. on October 30, Gary Ledoux, author of the new book, YesterWreck: The History of the Collision Repair Industry In America, stopped to call Brandon Eckenrode, Director of Development for the Collision Repair Education Foundation to the stage to present him with a check […]