HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL – January 6, 2017 – The Collision Repair Education Foundation’s 2016 Ultimate Collision Education Makeover school grant winners were announced at the organization’s annual industry reception held during the SEMA show in Las Vegas where over $750,000 in grants were awarded. Over 120 high school and college collision school programs from across the country applied for this grant and each received a grant valued from $1,000-$30,000.
Holmes High School (San Antonio, TX) $30,000
United Technical Center (Clarksburg, WV) $17,000
Ellicottville Career & Technical Education Center (Ellicottville, NY) $14,000
Warrensburg Area Career Center (Warrensburg, MO) $9,500
Area 30 Career Center (Greencastle, IN) $5,000
South Central College (North Mankato, MN) $5,000
Each of the following schools received a $1,000 grant from the Education Foundation.
Academy for Career and Technology (Mullins, SC)
Aims Community College (Windsor, CO)
A.P. Brewer High School (Somerville, AL)
Baker College (Flint, MI)
Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical HS (Charlton, MA)
Bellingham Technical College (Bellingham, WA)
Big Sandy Community College (Paintsville, KY)
Career Center High School (Winston-Salem, NC)
Central Louisiana Tech Community College (Alexandria, LA)
Chippewa Valley Technical College (Eau Claire, WI)
Cleveland Community College (Shelby, NC)
Delcastle Technical High School (Wilmington, DE)
Dennis Technical Education Center (Boise, ID)
Eden Career Technical Center (Ashville, AL)
Ehove Career Center (Milan, OH)
Erie Community College (Orchard Park, NY)
Forbes Road CTC (Monroeville, PA)
Forsyth Tech Community College (Winston-Salem, NC)
Ft Hayes Career Center (Columbus, OH)
Greater Lawrence Tech (Andover, MA)
Greenville Technical College (Greenville, SC)
GST BOCES Coopers Education Center (Painted Post, NY)
Hennepin Technical College (Brooklyn Park, MN)
Kennedy King College (Chicago, IL)
Kingwood High School (Kingwood, TX)
Kishwaukee College (Malta, IL)
Lake Technical Center (Eustis, FL)
Lebanon Career and Technology Center (Lebanon, PA)
Lehigh Career & Technical Institute (Schnecksville, PA)
Lenoir Community College (Kinston, NC)
Lex La-Ray Tech Center (Lexington, MO)
Live Oaks Career Campus (Milford, OH)
Livermore High School/Tri-Valley ROP (Livermore, CA)
Manatee Technical College (Bradenton, FL)
Marengo Community High School District 154 (Marengo, IL)
Marshall Technical School (Guntersville, AL)
Medford Vocational Technical High School (Medford, MA)
Mercer County Technical Education Center (Princeton, WV)
Monroe 2 Orleans BOCES (Spencerport, NY)
Moore Norman Technology Center (Norman, OK)
Morrisville State College (Morrisville, NY)
New England Institute of Technology (Warwick, RI)
Northern Neck Tech Center (Warsaw, VA)
Northern Westmoreland Career & Technology Center (New Kensington, PA)
Oxford Hills Technical School (Norway, ME)
Pathfinder Regional Vocational Tech HS (Palmer, MA)
Paul M Hodgson Technical High School (Newark, DE)
Portland Arts and Technology High School (Portland, ME)
Pulaski Technical College (North Little Rock, AR)
Regional Career Technical Center (Ypsilanti, MI)
Renton Technical College (Renton, WA)
Ridgewater College (Willmar, MN)
RL Turner High School (Carrollton, TX)
San Benito High School (San Benito, TX)
Seminole High School (Sanford, FL)
Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical HS (Billerica, MA)
Shelby County College and Career Center (Columbiana, AL)
Silicon Valley Career Technical Education (San Jose, CA)
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College (Fennimore, WI)
Stanly Community College (Albemarle, NC)
Susquehanna County Career Technology Center (Springville, PA)
Tazewell County Career and Technical Center (Tazewell, VT)
TCAT (Chattanooga, TN)
TCAT (Paris, TN)
Texarkana College (Texarkana, TX)
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology (Lancaster, PA)
University of Arkansas Community College (Morrilton, AR)
US Grant Career Center (Bethel, OH)
Waite High School (Toledo, OH)
Washington County Joint Vocational School District (Marietta, OH)
In addition to the Collision Repair Education Foundation awards, there were special awards sponsored by individual companies.
PPG Industries, Inc. has awarded grants to two schools to fulfill the paint request items on their Makeover application. The winners for this award include:
$3,000: Career Center High School (Winston- Salem, NC)
$2,000: Steel Center AVTS (Jefferson Hills, PA)
Gerber Collision & Glass is sponsoring a school grant of $2,000 so the school can purchase needed items from the NATEF tool list. The winner for this award is:
College of Lake County (Grayslake, IL)
In Wisconsin, friends and industry members of the late Bob Smith hosted their second Bob Smith Memorial Golf Outing. With the proceeds, the event is sponsoring a school grant of $1,500 so the school can purchase needed items from the NATEF tool list. The winner for this award is:
Freedom High School (Freedom, WI)
Craftsman has awarded a Craftsman Tool Chest and Rolling Cabinet Combination to two Makeover schools. The winners for this award include:
Eden Career Technical Center (Ashville, AL)
Ivy Tech Community College (Fort Wayne, IN)
The goal of the Ultimate Collision Education Makeover grants is to honor schools that have been doing an outstanding job in educating students in collision repair, but needs some financial assistance to improve their program’s teaching materials and equipment. With strained school budgets, the Education Foundation and industry supporters have the opportunity to bridge the program’s financial gap and to make a difference in the lives of the students studying collision repair. As part of the Makeover grant application, schools provide an itemized wish list which can include any tools, supplies, and equipment that are needed by the collision program.
Companies interested in sponsoring a 2016 Makeover grant and questions regarding the Education Foundation’s efforts to support the future of the collision industry should contact Education Foundation Director of Development, Brandon Eckenrode at Brandon.Eckenrode@ed-foundation.org or 847.463.5244.
