Donation to update Connecticut Technical Education and Career System will help prepare students for workforce. On Friday, January 11, the Auto Body Association of Connecticut (ABAC) presented a $10,000 donation to the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS). The donation will help modernize CTECS’s automotive collision repair and refinishing program which is offered at […]
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 […]
Fort Carson Soldiers Graduate from New Caliber Collision Changing Lanes Program
Transitioning from a regimented military environment to the unpredictability of civilian life is one of the most stressful times for many soldiers. Four soldiers from Fort Carson graduated stress-free from Caliber Collision’s Changing Lanes Falcon Academy, armed with a $12,000 toolbox, a secure employment offer and new career in the collision repair industry. Changing Lanes […]
S/P2 Careers Includes 13,000 Collision Repair Student Resumes
S/P2 Careers has reached another important milestone as it has surpassed 50,000 resumes in its S/P2 Careers system. Of those, 13,000 students are interested in a career in collision repair. The S/P2 Careers resume database includes career and technical students looking for full-time, part-time and internship opportunities as entry-level technicians. “The more resumes we get, […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation Announces Results of 2018 Fundraiser
$130,000 will go to support collision school and student programs. Next year’s event will be held July 23 in Indianapolis. The annual Collision Repair Education Foundation industry fundraiser, co-hosted by the automotive refinish business unit of PPG raised $130,000 through the support of attendees and sponsors who enjoyed a day of golf at the Trophy […]
Allstate Donates $100,000 to Collision Repair Education Foundation
Allstate Insurance Company has contributed $100,000 to the Collision Repair Education Foundation. Industry donations such as Allstate’s assist the Foundation in its ability to support high school and college collision school programs, instructors, and students nationwide. “Collision repair education is exceptionally important in preparing the next generation of technicians,” says Allstate’s Claims Vice President Dave […]
Hertz Donates $25,000 to Collision Repair Education Foundation
The Hertz Corporation has donated $25,000 to the Collision Repair Education Foundation to assist the charitable organization’s efforts to support high school and college collision school programs, instructors, and students across the country. “The body shop and insurance industries have been instrumental partners over the past 20 years, so we certainly understand the industry’s need […]
New Caliber Collision Academy Gives Ft. Carson Soldiers Collision Repair Training Opportunity
Caliber Collision announced the opening of its Changing Lanes Falcon Academy, a training program for Ft. Carson soldiers nearing the completion of their military service, to learn skills for a successful new career in the fast-growing collision repair industry. Applications are now being accepted for Changing Lanes Falcon Academy classes. The first cohort started August […]
S/P2 and CARS Cooperative Announce Agreement on Technician Recruitment
S/P2 and CARS Cooperative announced they have partnered to provide CARS members with access to the S/P2 Careers database of entry-level technician candidates across the country. Each CARS member will receive $100 in S/P2 Careers credits that they can use to recruit students who are in or have recently graduated from automotive career tech programs. […]
TechForce Foundation Launches Because I’m a Tech Campaign
The TechForce Foundation has launched its Because I’m a Tech campaign (#becauseimatech) to coincide with Labor Day. The campaign is designed to educate teens and parents that there’s more than one road to success, that a technical education and career is a viable pathway to a rewarding future, and about the attractive opportunities of being […]