To better support the new philanthropic mission of the
Collision Repair Education Foundation, the organization has
launched a new website: www.CollisionEducationFoundation.org.
The new site allows for secondary and post-secondary collision
students and their technical school and college instructors to
quickly view the available scholarship and grant opportunities
made possible by the Education Foundation and its
donors.
The new website also features the industry members that are
donating to the Foundation and the specific support
opportunities they are sponsoring for the future of the
industry. Whether it is the donors who are members of the
Foundation’s Industry Leadership Circle, those who have named
scholarship or grant opportunities, Ultimate Collision
Education Makeover school grant donors, and others, these are
the businesses and companies who are taking an active part in
transforming the educational opportunities for the future
members of the industry. The Foundation is proud to highlight
these supporters online.
For almost 20 years, the Collision Repair Education Foundation
has supported career and technical school and college collision
repair programs through curriculum development, sales and
support, and philanthropic scholarships and grants. In 2008,
the curriculum and training functions were transitioned from
the Education Foundation to I-CAR, allowing the Foundation to
be the philanthropic organization it is today in providing
charitable support for students, instructors and schools. Since
this transition, the Foundation has been able to provide over
$3 million in support to this audience through the generosity
of its supporters.
Collision Repair Education Foundation Executive Director Scott
Kruger said, “The initial response from school instructors on
the new website has been great. We have heard that instructors
can quickly access information about available scholarships and
grants, download applications, and view what companies are
supporting the future of the industry through their donations.
This website should be added to every collision student and
instructor’s ‘Favorites’ tab as our supporters are making an
incredible impact on educational opportunities for this group.
All of this and more is highlighted on our new website:
CollisionEducationFoundation.org.”
Freedom High School Collision Instructor Jay Abitz said, “The
new Collision Repair Education Foundation website is a great
tool for me as an educator. It is host to many useful links and
bits of information for my students. I have already downloaded
multiple scholarship forms and an application for the 2011
Ultimate Collision Education Makeover school grant. The new
site has all the information I need to stay in touch with what
the Education Foundation is doing in our industry.”
For more information visit www.CollisionEducationFoundation.org
