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 […]
Industry Can Support Collision Repair Education Foundation by Shopping on AmazonSmile
Collision industry members can support the Collision Repair Education Foundation’s annual campaign fund this holiday season by shopping on AmazonSmile, a web site operated by Amazon.com that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products as on Amazon.com. When collision industry members shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5 percent of the […]
Farmers Insurance Donates Salvage Vehicles to Collision Repair Education Foundation
Donation will provide training resource for future generation of collision repair technicians. Beginning this fall, Farmers Insurance will start the process of donating 30 salvage vehicles to the Collision Repair Education Foundation for use at career and technical training centers across the country. The vehicles will serve as a learning resource for the future generation […]
Fix Auto Canada Raises $10,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities Canada
Carl Brabander, Vice President, Marketing for Fix Auto Canada, announced that Fix Auto made a donation in the amount of $10,000 to Ronald McDonald House Charities Canada (RMHC), following Fix Auto Ontario’s 9th Annual Masters Golf Tournament, which was held on August 31st, 2016 at The Club at Bond Head. “We are very proud to […]