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Collision Repair Education Foundation Organizing Online Auctions to Support Collision Programs

Auction for Private Tour of Jay Leno’s Garage Now Open

To innovate in how to raise additional funds for high school and college collision programs nationwide, the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) is collaborating with industry partners to create unique, one-of-a-kind experiences and items that will be available for auction not only to the industry but also auto enthusiasts around the country and globe. The initial auction, facilitated by heavy duty vehicle lift leader, Stertil-Koni, is a private tour of Jay Leno’s Garage that is open for bidding now on BiddingForGood’s charity auction site, with the auction ending on Friday, July 10th at 10pm CDT.

View Jay Leno Garage Tour auction HERE

The winning bidder, along with three of their friends, will have a private tour of Leno’s extraordinary collection of approximately 200 vehicles at his Big Dog Garage in Burbank, CA. The tour will include stories behind many of the autos on display and see where Jay Leno’s Garage is filmed.  Funds raised through this once-in-a-lifetime experience for any automotive enthusiast will allow CREF to support high school and college collision programs this upcoming school year who have expressed concern about their already limited program budgets being reduced.

Carl Boyer, Stertil-Koni’s Shop Equipment Specialist noted, “We are thrilled to be working together with CREF to arrange the Jay Leno’s garage tour auction. Stertil-Koni strongly believes in CREF’s work to support high school and college collision programs around the country as the industry needs to come together in supporting its future workforce. We are excited to see the success of this auction and would encourage other industry members to get creative with their business partners to come up with their own auctions in support of CREF.” 

CREF Director of Development Brandon Eckenrode noted, “I cannot thank Carl and Stertil-Koni enough for helping to make our initial auction item one to remember and connecting us with Jay Leno’s Garage. This and future auction opportunities allow CREF to expand its supporters beyond just industry partners and get the general public involved. We look forward to seeing the results of this auction and are excited about the other auctions that we will be announcing over the coming months.”

For additional information about Stertil-Koni visit www.Stertil-Koni.com. Industry members interested in working with CREF on creating future auction items and experiences should contact Brandon Eckenrode, CREF Director of Development.

About Stertil-Koni

Stertil-Koni is the market leader in heavy duty vehicle lifts, notably bus lifts and truck lifts, and proudly serves municipalities, state agencies, school bus fleets, major corporations, the U.S. Military and more. Stertil-Koni’s breadth of products meets all ranges of lifting needs and includes portable lifts such as Mobile Column Lifts, 2-post, 4-post, inground piston lifts, platform lifts, and its axle-engaging, inground, scissor lift configuration, ECOLIFT. The company’s innovative, inground telescopic piston DIAMONDLIFT is now available with an optional Continuous Recess system, ideal for low clearance vehicles. Stertil-Koni USA is headquartered in Stevensville, Maryland with production facilities in Europe, The Netherlands, and Streator, IL.

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April 7 Golf Fundraiser in Jacksonville, Florida Cancelled

The Collision Repair Education Foundation has cancelled its Golf Fundraiser that was scheduled to take place April 7 in Jacksonville, Fla.

The event will take place at TopGolf located at 10531 Brightman Blvd. in Jacksonville, Fla. from 6-9 pm on April 7, 2020 in conjunction with other collision industry meetings taking place that week.

Several sponsorship tiers are also available:

PLATINUM – $5000 Sponsor

  • 2 Sponsored Golf Bays – Up to 12 Players
  • Recognition on Promo Materials and/or Signage Before & During Event
  • Introduction and Speaking Opportunity at Awards Ceremony
  • Unlimited Buffet and Drinks (Beer, Wine, Soda)

GOLD – $3000 Sponsor

  • 1 Sponsored Golf Bay – Up to 6 Players
  • Recognition on Promo Materials and/or Signage Before & During Event
  • Recognition at Awards Ceremony
  • Unlimited Buffet and Drinks (Beer, Wine, Soda)

SILVER – $1000 Sponsor

  • 1 Sponsored Golf Bay – Up to 6 Players
  • Logo on Sponsor Board
  • Unlimited Buffet and Drinks (Beer, Wine, Soda)

BRONZE – $500 Sponsor

  • Up to 2 Players
  • Unlimited Buffet and Drinks (Beer, Wine, Soda)

Sponsorship payments can be made online with a credit card by entering the amount and choosing the 2020 CREF TopGolf Outing in Jacksonville as the designation. For more information on sponosrship contact Christen Battaglia at (302) 377-5202  or via email at Christen.Battaglia@ed-foundation.org

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#100Floors75Days

The Collision Repair Education Foundation and Rust-Oleum are partnering this summer to provide 100 collision repair schools with new flooring. The #100Floors75Days project seeks to build relationships between the local collision industry and their collision repair schools by providing the materials necessary to refinish the schools floors during the summer break. The freshly refinished floors will increase the professional appearance of school collision programs, helping to attract students to careers in the collision industry.

The Foundation has identified 100 schools in 23 states in need of new floor coatings.

The schools will apply the coating over the summer while school is not in session.
Sponsoring companies will be recognized on a banner presented to the school.

Industry members interested in supporting the effort should contact Brandon Eckenrode at (312) 231-0258 or Brandon.Eckenrode@ed-foundation.org

The list of schools currently identified is below:

School: City/Town: State: Floor Coating Cost Sponsor
LeCroy Career Tech Center Clanton AL $3,100.00 AVAILABLE
Career Technical Educational Center Columbiana AL $4,400.00 AVAILABLE
Earnest Pruett Center of Technology  Hollywood  AL $4,660.00 AVAILABLE
Calhoun County Career Academy Jacksonville AL $2,580.00 AVAILABLE
Walker County Center of Technology  Jasper AL $3,100.00 AVAILABLE
H. Councill Trenholm State Community College Montgomery AL $8,820.00 AVAILABLE
Muscle Shoals Career Academy Muscle Shoals  AL $3,100.00 AVAILABLE
Northeast Arkansas Career and Technical Center Jonesboro AR $2,580.00 AVAILABLE
Page High School Page AZ $3,620.00 AVAILABLE
Buena High School Sierra Vista AZ $2,580.00 AVAILABLE
Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy Sacramento CA $1,800.00 AVAILABLE
Contra Costa College San Pablo CA $5,700.00 Service King Collision Repair Centers
Santa Ynez High School Santa Ynez CA $3,880.00 AVAILABLE
Warren Tech Lakewood CO $6,220.00 AVAILABLE
Hodgson Vo-Tech Newark DE $7,780.00 AVAILABLE
South Florida State College Avon Park FL $5,180.00 AVAILABLE
Cocoa High School Cocoa FL $10,900.00 AVAILABLE
Sheridan Technical College Hollywood FL $1,800.00 Diamond Automotive, Inc.
Miami Northwestern Sr. High  Miami FL $5,700.00 AVAILABLE
Colonial High School / Mid Florida Tech  Orlando FL $500.00 AVAILABLE
Thornton Fractional High School Calumet City IL $2,580.00 Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Capital Area Career Center Springfield IL $2,580.00 AVAILABLE
J. Everett Light Career Center Indianapolis IN $13,500.00 AVAILABLE
McKenzie Center Indianapolis IN $3,880.00 AVAILABLE
Walker Career Center Indianapolis IN $4,660.00 AVAILABLE
Kokomo Area Career Center Kokomo IN $2,840.00 AVAILABLE
Prosser Career Education Center New Albany IN $21,300.00 AVAILABLE
Coffeyville Community College Columbus KS $5,700.00 AVAILABLE
Gateway Community & Technical College Ft. Wright KY $3,880.00 AVAILABLE
Eastside Technical Center Lexington KY $2,060.00 AVAILABLE
Upper Cape Tech Bourne MA $12,980.00 AVAILABLE
Diman Regional Voc Tech High School Fall River MA $13,500.00 AVAILABLE
Leominster Center for Technical education Leominster MA $5,180.00 AVAILABLE
Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School Palmer MA $760.00 AVAILABLE
Harford Tech High School Bel Air MD $3,100.00 AVAILABLE
Center for Applied Technology South Edgewater MD $3,360.00 AVAILABLE
Gaithersburg High School Gaithersburg MD $1,800.00 AVAILABLE
Arcadia Valley Career Tech Ironton MO $2,580.00 AVAILABLE
Dallas County Technical Center Louisburg MO $2,580.00 AVAILABLE
North West Technical School Maryville MO $1,280.00 AVAILABLE
Moberly Area Technical Center Moberly  MO $3,100.00 AVAILABLE
Lewis and Clark Career Center St. Charles MO $2,580.00 AVAILABLE
Warrensburg Area Career Center Warrensburg MO $3,100.00 AVAILABLE
East Central Community College  Decatur  MS $3,100.00 AVAILABLE
Westover High School Fayetteville  NC $1,280.00 Hendrick Auto Group
Central Academy of Technology and Arts Monroe NC $8,300.00 AVAILABLE
Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro  NC $3,100.00 Axalta Coating Systems
Dover High School and RCTC Dover NH $500.00 AVAILABLE
W.D. Ormsby East Aurora NY $3,100.00 AVAILABLE
Genesee Valley Educational Partnership Mt. Morris NY $10,900.00 AVAILABLE
Monroe 2 Orleans BOCES Spencerport NY $3,100.00 AVAILABLE
Hudson Valley Community College  Troy NY $13,500.00 AVAILABLE
Four County Career Center Archbold  OH $3,880.00 AVAILABLE
Miami Valley Career Tech Center Englewood OH $4,140.00 Dayton CARSTAR Business Group
Springfield- Clark Careeer & Technical Center Springfield OH $3,100.00 Dayton CARSTAR Business Group
Northeast Tech Afton Afton OK $5,700.00 AVAILABLE
Great Plains Technology Center Lawton OK $6,740.00 AVAILABLE
Butler Area County Vocational Technical School Butler PA $500.00 AVAILABLE
Steel Center Tech  Jefferson Hills PA $3,620.00 AVAILABLE
Carbon Career & Technical Institute Jim Thorpe PA $2,580.00 Axalta Coating Systems
Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology Lewistown PA $2,580.00 AVAILABLE
Cumberland Perry Vocational Technical School  Mechanicsburg  PA $2,060.00 J.W. Smith Auto Body 
Lawrence County Career and technical Center New Castle PA $1,280.00 AVAILABLE
Northern Westmoreland CTC New Kensington PA $2,580.00 AVAILABLE
Venango Technology Center Oil City PA $2,320.00 AVAILABLE
Career Technical Center of Lackawanna County Scranton PA $2,320.00 Axalta Coating Systems
Enoree Career Center Greenville SC $57,700.00 AVAILABLE
G Frank Russell Technology Center Greenwood SC $2,060.00 AVAILABLE
Academy for Careers & Technology Mullins SC $3,100.00 AVAILABLE
Fred P. Hamilton Career Center Seneca SC $2,580.00 AVAILABLE
Sumter Career And Technology Center Sumter SC $3,620.00 AVAILABLE
Sumter Career And Technology center Sumter SC $3,620.00 AVAILABLE
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Chattanooga Chattanooga TN $4,140.00 AVAILABLE
Northwest High School Clarksville  TN $5,700.00 Nashville I-CAR Committee
Bradley Central High School  Cleveland TN $2,840.00 AVAILABLE
Central High School Knoxville TN $2,060.00 Dalton Collision
Judson High School Converse TX $1,020.00 Service King Collision Repair Centers
Donna High School Donna TX $2,580.00 AVAILABLE
Kingwood Park High School Kingwood TX $1,280.00 Service King Collision Repair Centers
United South High School Laredo TX $3,100.00 AVAILABLE
JB Hensler College & Career Academy Manvel TX $7,780.00 AVAILABLE
Mesquite High School Mesquite TX $3,100.00 Service King Collision Repair Centers
West Texas Training center Central High School San Angelo TX $3,100.00 AVAILABLE
Holmes High School  San Antonio TX $3,620.00 Service King Collision Repair Centers
Texarkana College Texarkana TX $3,620.00 AVAILABLE
South West Texas Junior College Uvalde TX $6,740.00 AVAILABLE
Hopewell High School Hopewell VA $2,060.00 AVAILABLE
Northern Neck Tech Center Warsaw VA $1,800.00 AVAILABLE
New Market Skills Center Tumwater WA $3,880.00 AVAILABLE
Lakeshore Technical College  Cleveland WI $9,860.00 AVAILABLE
Randolph Rounty Techinal Center Elkins  WV $760.00 AVAILABLE
Tucker County High School Hambleton WV $2,580.00 AVAILABLE
Cabell County Career Tech. Center Huntington WV $3,100.00 AVAILABLE
Wood County Technical Center Parkersburg WV $5,700.00 AVAILABLE
Brooke High School Wellsburg WV $2,580.00 AVAILABLE

 

 

Floors Before and After

 

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Join the Collision Repair Education Foundation for the Inaugural Top Tech Competition!

Enter a mentor/mentee team or observe the competition.

Did you know that those who receive mentoring are 77 percent more likely to stay in their job?

The competition will consist of 12-15 mentor/mentee teams that will compete on September 28, 2019 at Ranken Technical College in St. Louis, Mo. Companies can enter their top mentoring team to compete to see who is best.

Goals for this event:

  • Improve employee retention
  • Develop the next generation of mentors
  • Encourage more mentoring within the industry
  • Recognize mentors

Requirements:

  • Must be 18 years of age
  • Must have been enrolled within the last two years, or is currently enrolled, in a collision repair program at a technical high school or college.
  • $200 team fee

Cash Prizes:

  • 1st- $2500 each team member
  • 2nd- $1000 each team member
  • 3rd- $500 each team member

Online Registration:

 


 

Hotel Information:

The Foundation has arranged a special rate of $119 at Drury Inn/Forest Park for the event. The rate code that can be entered online is 329146. When booking online go to promo code and enter that in, it should pull up the rate.

The link for the hotel is below:

Drury Inn/ Forest Park
2111 Sulphur ave
St. Louis , MO 63139

Sponsors:

Gerber Collision & Glass logo

Sponsorship Information:

Download the Competition Flyer

Competencies to be included in competition:

The following is a list of expected competencies for technicians, based on industry standards. Technicians should be proficient in all of the following:

Basics:

  • Moving and staging vehicles
  • Shop organization and clean up
  • Safety and how to use personal equipment
  • Placement of keys/work orders during repairs

 

Beginning Skills:

  • Damage analysis
  • Supplement writing ,ability to read and understand the manufacturer’s guidelines (AllData)
  • Disassembly and reassembly, part/hardware organization
  • Nut, bolt and clip recognition
  • Ability to inspect work and QC
  • Checking lights, sensors and functions
  • Final vehicle checks
  • How to identify and remedy wind, water and air leaks
  • Electrical testing of circuits and wiring repair
  • Corrosion protection
  • Removing spot welds
  • Draining radiators and discharging ac systems; Vacuum filling radiators and charging ac systems
  • Set up and measure on frame rack and floor pull set up
  • Tram measuring and reading/following manufacturers measurement specifications
  •  Repairing bumpers
  • Sheet metal adjustment and fit
  • Small dings and dents
  • Medium sized metal and filler work, metal shrinking
  • Weld on panel mapping, removal and preparation
  • Resistance welding
  • Plastic welding
  • Plastic repair with epoxy
  •  Introduction to mocking up and fitting weld on outer panels
  •  Demonstrate the ability to replace bedsides and door skins from start to finish (resistance welding only)
  •  Basic knowledge of outer weld on panel joints

Contact Christen Battaglia for more information on how to become a sponsor at: Christen.Battaglia@ed-foundation.org or 302-377-5202.

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Fuel the Future of the Industry!

The Collision Repair Education Foundation is offering scholarships and grants to help with tuition and other costs associated with collision education. Funds for these scholarships and grants come from the Education Foundation’s “Collision Repair Education Campaign”, the Lon Baudoux Legacy Scholarship Fund, the Education Foundation Board of Trustee Scholarship Fund, as well as corporate donors: ABRA Auto Body & Glass, AkzoNobel, CCC Information Services, Chicago Pneumatic, Craftsman, GEICO, and Mac Tools.

To see a complete list of scholarship and grant details and to see the eligibility requirements, please visit our Scholarships and Grant Opportunities page.

We are now accepting scholarship applications for the 2012 scholarship/grant opportunities. Complete applications and documents are due by March 2, 2012.

To begin your application process, select the statement that most accurately describes you. You may also use these links to continue an application once you have started it:

High School (secondary) Students: Apply Now

College (post-secondary) Students:Apply Now

Should you have questions or need assistance with the application process, please contact Melissa Marcin via email or call 1.888.722.3787.

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COLLISION REPAIR EDUCATION FOUNDATION ISSUES CALL TO INDUSTRY FOR BOARD OF TRUSTEE CANDIDATES

HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL – March 18, 2011 –The Collision Repair Education Foundation is issuing a call for candidates for their Board of Trustees and seeking industry professionals who are looking to take an active role in enhancing the future of the industry. The organization’s Board of Trustees consists of industry members that provide guidance in the organization’s efforts to support secondary and post-secondary collision students nationwide. 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 of the needs from collision repair schools and colleges.

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