More than 40 food banks across the country will be able to help ensure at-risk kids in their communities do not go hungry this summer, thanks to a five-week nationwide food drive by Caliber Collision Centers that resulted in a record-breaking 3.2 million meals. Over the past six years, Caliber Collision’s annual Rhythm Restoration Food […]
Collision Repair Industry Provides Over $12 Million to Support Schools and Students in 2016
Industry support to Collision Repair Education Foundation up more than 13 percent in 2016. The Collision Repair Education Foundation reported that in 2016 the c industry provided over $12 million in donations to high school and college collision school programs through the Foundation, an increase of over 13 percent from 2015. Over $60 million has […]
LORD Donates Products and Equipment to Schools through Collision Repair Education Foundation
LORD Corporation, maker of LORD Fusor Automotive Repair Adhesives, has donated products and equipment to 13 schools in support of the Collision Repair Education Foundation’s (CREF) Gift-in-Kind program. The Gift-in-Kind program accepts donations from industry partners to benefit collision schools, students and instructors. Donations of tools, equipment, technology, and materials are distributed to qualified collision […]
BASF Teams up with Driven to Cure Cancer Charity
BASF launches Paint with a Purpose to benefit rare cancer charity At its automotive refinish team meeting earlier this month, BASF presented Andrew Lee, president & CEO of Driven to Cure (DTC), and his father Bruce Lee, chairman, treasurer & secretary of DTC, with a check for $10,000. Immediately following, BASF announced its new DTC […]
Association Seeks Donation to Send Georgia Collision Repair Student to SkillsUSA Conference
The Georgia Collision Industry Association is organizing a fundraising drive to help a student attend the 2017 SkillsUSA Championships being held June 19-23, at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky. The GCIA is donating $500 to help sponsor a representative from Maxwell High School to attend the conference and competition and is asking for […]
Interstate Marketing Corporation Increases Support for Schools Through Collision Repair Education Foundation
Interstate Marketing Corporation has increased their support of high school and college collision school programs through the Collision Repair Education Foundation over the past year. The company has participated as one of the spring student tech shirt sponsors in both 2016 and 2017, allowing the Education Foundation to provide 4,000 total uniforms to students and […]
Pro Spot Donates Over $125,000 in Welders to Collision Repair School Programs
Pro Spot has donated over $125,000 in welders to high school and college collision repair school programs this past fall school semester through the Collision Repair Education Foundation. The welders were offered to those collision school programs that applied for the Education Foundation’s 2016 Makeover grant application and will assist in the collision instructor’s ability […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation Asks for Support on #GIVINGTUESDAY
Now in its fifth year, #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving. Observed on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving in the U.S. and the widely-recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. Donations to the Foundation can be made online. The Collision […]
Service King Raises More Than $190,000 for National Breast Cancer Foundation
Service King Collision Repair Centers and its family of more than 6,000 teammates officially contributed and raised more than $190,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation during the month of October. The company, with locations in 23 states across the U.S., completed its third annual national campaign Friday with a visit and presentation at NBCF’s […]
Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s Makes $60 Million Donation to Fight Hunger
Fill Your Tank Program Supports Local Food Banks and Pantries, Feeding America, Food Banks Canada and The Global FoodBanking Network, Donation Marks 60th Anniversary The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation announced one of the largest donations aimed at fighting hunger. The program – called Fill Your Tank – celebrates the company’s 60th anniversary by providing $60 million […]