They just need the chance to keep learning.” Those that can support CREF will receive value back in spades, as today’s aspiring collision repair professionals are smart, motivated, and ready to work. “Without access to the resources they provide, we may not have much of a program at all. “Our school and countless students have benefitted greatly from the support of the Collision Repair Education Foundation,” Laura Salas, a collision instructor at San Pablo, Calif.-based Contra Costa College, said in a statement. He noted the lack of revenue from events like career fairs as well. No donation is too big or too small.”Įven with the insurers’ donations, CREF’s income remains down about 50 percent, development director Brandon Eckenrode said Thursday. I would like to thank the insurance community for mobilizing to support our work and humbly call on those in position to offer their support to do so. “With so many of our own facing difficult times, we know giving can be challenging. “The industry has always placed a premium on education and investing in the next generation of collision repair professionals,” CREF Executive Director Clark Plucinski said a statement. In its news release recognizing Allstate, Erie, Farmers, GEICO, Liberty Mutual, Nationwide, State Farm and USAA for coming to the rescue, CREF said donations were “down nearly 50 percent due to COVID-19, putting critical programs, including school grants and support, in jeopardy for 2020 and beyond.” On Thursday, it announced it would auction off a 3M-donated trip to meet Chip Foose and use those proceeds to support high school and college programs this school year. On Tuesday, CREF said eight “extremely generous” insurers had stepped up to support the organization.
There are a couple of bright spots on the horizon. The Collision Repair Education Foundation on Tuesday announced its mission to help needy auto body vo-tech programs had been jeopardized a lack of resources on its own part.
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