AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah Donates to I-CAR Education Foundation
AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah (AAA NCNU) has donated $5,000 to the I-CAR Education Foundation. AAA NCNU’s contribution will help the foundation offer grants and scholarships to career and technical schools and colleges and the students attending these schools. “On behalf of the collision repair students, instructors and schools nationwide, the I-CAR Education Foundation
March Taylor Memorial Fund Grows with Fundraising Projects
The March Taylor Memorial Fund (MTMF) extended its thanks to the many companies and individuals who have donated to its collision industry scholarship fund. To date, more than $80,000 has been contributed to the MTMF, with many pledges and donations yet to be received, the foundation announced. Two recent fundraising events contributed in excess of
I-CAR Education Foundation Announces 2009 Board of Trustees
The I-CAR Education Foundation announced the slate of trustees and executive committee for 2009. The following are members of the 2009 executive committee: • Chairman: Chris Evans, State Farm Insurance • Vice Chairman: Doug Webb, CSi Complete • Secretary: Bill Daly, Allstate Insurance Company • Treasurer: Chris Northup • Member-At-Large: Steve Seidner, Seidner’s Collision Centers
PPG Contributes $5,000 TO the I-CAR Education Foundation
PPG has contributed $5,000 to the I-CAR Education Foundation, enhancing the foundation’s ability to offer grants and scholarships to career and technical schools and colleges and the students attending these schools to learn about collision repair. “PPG and the I-CAR Education Foundation have had a long partnership in funding programs for students in collision education,”
I-CAR Education Foundation Names Associate Director of Development
Brandon Eckenrode joined the I-CAR Education Foundation as its associate director of development on Jan. 1. Eckenrode, formerly I-CAR’s supervisor of marketing communications, will assist the I-CAR Education Foundation in working with industry partners for support that allows the foundation to offer grants and scholarships to career and technical schools, colleges and the students attending
I-CAR Education Foundation’s Golf Outing Slated for July
The I-CAR Education Foundation’s Eighth Annual Golf Tournament, sponsored by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., will be held July 30 in Washington, D.C., at the Langston Golf Course. Industry professionals attending the Collision Industry Conference (CIC) and the I-CAR Annual Meeting are encouraged to participate. “This year’s I-CAR Education Foundation Golf Tournament will help support
AkzoNobel Honors Most Influential Women in Collision Repair Industry
Five industry leaders were honored at the 10th annual Most Influential Women in the Collision Repair Industry awards program held at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas on Nov. 6. Judell Anderson, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Denise Caspersen, Bedford, Texas; Lillian Maimone, Monterey Park, California; Gloria Mann, Thornhill, Ontario; and Rochelle Wicklund, Liberty, Missouri, were honored as
Top Female Skills USA Competitor Honored by Women’s Industry Network
In keeping with its mission to support and encourage women who are entering the industry, particularly those in the technical ranks, the Women’s Industry Network (WIN) honored Rachel Fonseca of New Bedford, Mass., with the organization’s second annual NACE educational scholarship. Fonseca finished in second place in the secondary collision competition at the SkillsUSA National
I-CAR Education Foundation Names New Executive Director
Fundraising professional Scott Kruger was recently named executive director of the I-CAR Education Foundation. Kruger will implement the foundation’s new mission, which focuses on fundraising, grant research and the distribution of scholarship funds to schools and students involved in collision repair. Kruger is a lawyer and advancement professional with more than 10 years of fundraising
ALLDATA Donates to I-CAR Education Foundation
ALLDATA recently donated more than $2,000 to the I-CAR Education Foundation’s Collision Repair Education Campaign. The funds will go toward grants and scholarships to be distributed to schools across North America in the Spring of 2009. ALLDATA contributes a portion of each ALLDATA Collision sale from facilities that have achieved the I-CAR Gold Class designation