Schools benefit from Allstate, Sterling contribution

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – Over the past three years, Allstate Insurance Company and Sterling Autobody Centers contributed $40,000 to purchase the I-CAR Live curriculum for seven schools that were selected based on their proximity and ability to develop a working relationship with local Sterling Autobody Centers.

The three most recent schools to receive the curriculum are Lynn Vocational Tech School in Lynn, Mass.; Alvin High School in Alvin, Texas; and Rio Hondo Community College in Whittier, Calif.

Noel Welsh, collision repair instructor at Alvin High School states, “I would like to thank Allstate Insurance Company and Sterling Autobody Centers for their generous donation of the I-CAR Live curriculum. The curriculum is great and will make a tremendous impact on the level of training I am able to provide my students.”

Previous schools to receive curriculum and corresponding props from the contribution by Allstate Insurance Company and Sterling Autobody Centers include Edison Tech in Rochester, N.Y.; Automotive Training Center in Exton, Pa.; Hillborough Community College in Tampa, Fla.; and Cuyahoga Valley Career Center in Brecksville, Ohio.

“We believe it’s important to introduce the collision repair industry to young men and women who are in the process of choosing their future careers. By partnering with the I-CAR Education Foundation, we are bringing students the very best information and curriculum available. Sterling is proud to be part of this initiative and to support the efforts of the participating schools,” says Tim Swift, Process Development Leader of Sterling Autobody Centers.

The I-CAR Education Foundation is dedicated to bringing career and technical schools and colleges together with local industry. To find out how you, your company, or group can support local career and technical schools and colleges, contact the Education Foundation at (888) 722-3787, ext. 283 or visit www.ed-foundation.org online.