The Collision Repair Education Foundation (formerly the I-
CAR Education Foundation) and GEICO Philanthropic Foundation
announced the winners of the GEICO Tool Grant Program.
The GEICO Tool Grant Program will offer $1,500 in tool
purchases for the selected schools. The schools selected for
this award are in New York, Washington, DC, Florida, and
California, and were applicants for the Education
Foundation’s most recent Ultimate Collision Education
Makeover grant.
The winning schools are:
Chantilly Academy (Chantilly, VA)
Cypress College (Cypress, CA)
Lake Technical Center (Eustis, FL)
Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center
(Port Ewen, NY)
“The Ultimate Collision Education Makeover grant program not
only invests in collision repair schools and students, it
provides a stark reminder of the needs these schools have to
fund and equip their collision programs to properly teach
their students,” said Scott Kruger, Collision Repair
Education Foundation Executive Director. “GEICO has stepped
up and made a direct investment into the students who will
be our future collision repair technicians. On behalf of
these four schools, thank you to Mr. Lyons and everyone at
GEICO for their continued donations and support.”
“We are honored to support such a worthy cause,” said Don
Lyons, senior vice president of GEICO. “We know how
important it is to develop the appropriate skills to receive
such a technical degree. The students at these schools show
great potential and we’re happy to support them.”
GEICO has already committed to continuing the tool grant in
2011, and has pledged $15,000 to the Education Foundation’s
Collision Repair Education Campaign.
For more information go to www.geico.com.
