Eleven U.S. military service veterans in New Jersey and Pennsylvania will receive a free auto body repair over the next year through the Metal of Honor Project sponsored by CollisionMax, a collision repair business that operates 11 stores in Philadelphia and suburbs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
CollisionMax will kick off the program at a classic and custom car showcase at its Warminster shop from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 4, featuring WMMR-FM radio personality Pierre Robert and “Minerva,” his custom 1972 Volkswagen bus that CollisionMax restored this year.
“The Metal of Honor Project is our way of saying thank you and honoring the men and women of our armed forces who put their lives on the line for all of us,” said Jim Tornetta, CollisionMax president and CEO.
Starting in June, the Metal of Honor Project will honor one veteran per month from the service area of each shop CollisionMax operates, said Tornetta. Honorees will be chosen from nominations made by the public on the program’s website and announced in the first week of the month. The website will receive nominations for each selected shop for the month preceding the announcement.
In New Jersey, CollisionMax operates shops in Blackwood, Cinnaminson, Glassboro, Marlton, Pennsauken, Sicklerville and Westmont. In Pennsylvania, it has repair centers in Oxford Valley, Warminster and two in Northeast Philadelphia.
The first selected veteran will be announced during the first week of June. Those who want to nominate veterans should visit the Metal of Honor website to determine when nominations for the shops nearest to them will be accepted.
“What we’re asking people to do is to identify the veterans near our shops whose vehicles need body repair,” said Tornetta. “All we ask is that people give us a few words about their nominee’s story, including what his or her vehicle is and the work it needs.”
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