AkzoNobel & Collision Repair Education Foundation To Host Webinars On Sustainability Challenge Grant
New for the 2013-’14 school year, the Sustainability Challenge Grant aims to encourage awareness and thinking about sustainability among students with aspirations to enter the collision repair industry.
Record 126 Collision School Programs Apply For $50,000 Collision Repair Education Foundation ‘Makeover’
Industry members asked to consider “adopting” local applicants and helping to fulfill schools’ collision wish lists.
MAC Tools Makes $10,000 Tool Donation To Collision School Programs Through Collision Repair Education Foundation
Through the Mac Tools product donation, collision school instructors are able to incorporate current-model tools and equipment for teaching proper collision repair to students.
3M Funding Scholarships To Returning Veterans Through Collision Repair Education Foundation And Hire Our Heroes Program
The scholarship awards will pay for tuition and required books/tools for veterans enrolling in collision repair programs in the summer/fall 2013, therefore easing the financial burden of education.
Industry Provides More Than $4.9 Million To Collision Repair Education Foundation In Support Of School Programs, Students In 2012
Industry surpasses $10 million in total support since 2008 when organization began philanthropic focus.
Clark Plucinski Named Collision Repair Education Foundation Executive Director
Forty-year industry veteran’s term begins July 30.
Chris Evans Appointed Chairman Emeritus of the Collision Repair Education Foundation Board of Trustees
Evans served as chairman of the Collision Repair Education Foundation Board of Trustees from 2008-2010 and played a vital role in transitioning the organization into its philanthropic role within the collision industry.
Meguiar’s Assists 676 Schools with a $600,000 Product Donation Through the Collision Repair Education Foundation
According to Collision Repair Education Foundation Executive Director Scott Kruger, 3M has provided more than $2 million in product donations to the Collision Repair Education Foundation. This latest donation from its Meguiar’s subsidiary helped the largest amount of schools in one donation in the foundation’s history.
Collision Repair Education Foundation Announces 2011 Board of Trustees
Collision Repair Education Foundation Executive Director Scott Kruger said, “The Collision Repair Education Foundation celebrated a very successful year in 2010 — completing our first ever Ultimate Collision Education Makeover and awarding our second, tripling the number of product donors to schools, and raising a record amount of cash donations to support our scholarship and grant programs. Our success is shared with our Board of Trustees who commit their time, expertise, and resources to affect real and positive change in collision repair education programs in our high schools and colleges nationwide.”
Collision Repair Education Foundation Seeks Board of Trustee Candidates
The Education Foundation is seeking industry members with specific skills that include: financial/in-kind support inside and outside the collision inter-industry; knowledge of grant-making and awarding; experience with investment portfolio or endowment management; and understanding the needs of collision repair schools and colleges.