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 […]
Collision Industry Foundation Helps Local Community at NACE
During Industry Week and NACE in Anaheim, Calif., the Collision Industry Foundation (CIF) gave back to the local community by working on the morning of Thursday, August 11 at the Orange County Food Bank. Five board members and one spouse – plus two full-time Food Bank volunteers – filled over 500 boxes with essential foods […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation Seeking Back to School Support from Industry
MCR Safety donates 50,000 pairs of safety glasses and goggles as part of the initiative. The Collision Repair Education Foundation is seeking the industry’s support in helping instructors with donated collision tools, equipment, supplies, products, scrap parts, and other related items as high school and college collision school programs across the country are beginning […]
Iowa Collision Repair Shop Estimator and Son Bicycle 500 Miles to Raise Money for Families Affected by Cancer
Deren Batterson and his 12-year-old son, Jake, recently bicycled 500 miles in this year’s RAGBRAI, the Des Moines Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, to raise money for the Livestrong Foundation that supports families stricken by cancer. The week-long event was held July 23-29. Deren, an estimator and repair planner at Arnold’s Body Shop […]
AASP/NJ Donates to Prostate Cancer Research
On Thursday, July 14, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) met with representatives from the Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center to make a donation to help the organization in its efforts to combat prostate cancer. Last month, AASP/NJ held its fifth annual Race Night event at Pole Position in Jersey […]
Gerber Donates $50,000 to Collision Repair Education Foundation
The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced it has received a $50,000 donation from Gerber Collision & Glass for the company’s participation in a number of 2016 collision career fairs and other collision student hiring initiative related projects. Tim O’Day, President of Gerber Collision & Glass said, “Gerber Collision & Glass has been a long-time supporter […]
CCC Pledges Funding for Education Programs and Key Industry Associations
CCC Information Services Inc. announced December 3 that it has renewed its philanthropic contributions to key industry associations. The company renewed its pledge of funding for the I-CAR Education Foundation, National Auto Body Council (NABC), Collision Technician Apprentice Program (CTAP), Automotive Management Institute (AMI) and Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA). As in 1998, CCC […]