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Please
note- All donors are greatly appreciated, however
the number of schools and colleges showing equipment
and product need is large Schools are advised to
e-mail info@ciia.com with
your needs which will be posted. Donors with specific
gifts should contact info@ciia.com or
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January 22, 2008
1976 Plymouth Duster that needs some body work done and I would be willing to let students work on it.
Duane Duck, CRM General Sales Manager
AM 920 CKNX / 101.7 FM The One / 94.5 FM The Bull
215 Carling Terrace
Wingham, Ontario N0G 2WO
PHONE: 519-357-1310 x 274
E-MAIL: dduck@cknxradio.com |
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SPRAYBOOTH DONATION TO A SCHOOL OR COLLEGE
NOVEMBER 30, 2007
A major OEM vehicle manufacturer has contacted us with the offer of a spraybooth donation to a school or college that may be in need of a fairly new spraybooth. Please let us know at 1 866 309 4272 or johnnorris@ciia.com if you are aware of a training school that teaches auto refinishing and may be in need of a donation of a spraybooth. The school would still be responsible for transport costs, installation, provincial air permitting and successful completion of the mandatory (ONT) "Profit from Good Environmental Management" training course.
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1997 GMC Safari is running, but lots of mileage. Requires new ball joints, windshield (crack) , catalytic converter and A/C system repair. Looking for a tax receipt for the donation. This may fit within the work schedule at your school.
Contact: Ryan Aleong
Aleong's International Inc.
4992 Rosebush Road
Mississauga, ON L5M 5M4
PHONE: 905 826 7891
FAX: 905 542 9072
E-MAIL: aleongintinc@rogers.com
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SCHOOL WITH MOST CAREER DAY STUDENTS WINS LEXUS
Automechanika Canada also announces online employment resume postings
Just days after announcing a special presentation at Career Day on NASCAR's Hall of Fame, Automechanika Canada and CarFixWORLD will now feature a Lexus, that will be donated to the school that highest student attendance at Career Day at the Automechanika Canada show on Friday September 28, 2007.
The car, which can be used in the school's auto lab, is being donated by Toyota Canada as a prize to encourage student participation at the Career Day portion of the three-day show.
Students and teachers are admitted FREE to Career Day. They will enjoy hundreds of demonstrations and exhibits including twenty presentations on motive power career choice. Agencies such as: CARS Council, Canada Skills-Ontario, OYAP, school boards, schools, colleges, Apprenticeship Branch, Job Connect, Skilled Trades Alliance and www.apprenticesearch.com will be there to assist and answer questions. Students have the opportunity to test their skills with the tire change competition and for the first time, participate in the NASCAR sessions offered by Buz McKim, NASCAR's Historian from the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Employer Alley allows employers to participate and interview students. We encourage students to forward their resumes to employers in advance of the show by e-mailing www.automechanikacanada.com , resume program. Last year one employer alone hired 12 students as apprentices right at the show.
Close to 3000 young people attended the Career Day portion of the show in 2006, making it the largest motive power Career Day show in Canada.
Schools can register their attendance and the number of students attending by contacting Monica at 1-866-309-4272 or e-mailing info@ciia.com . |
FREE TUNE-UP AND A/C EQUIPMENT TO ANY LOCAL SCHOOL.
CALL ERIC AT 905-549-7500 FOR PICK-UP
 
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COLLISION INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO HELP SKILLS CANADA STUDENT COLLISION COMPETITION
November 3, 2006
With the recent announcement of a grant of $5,000 in seed money from the Akzo Nobel Collision Industry Advancement Initiative (CIAI), Skills Competences Canada can now concentrate fully on their Auto
Collision Repair contest offered at the 2007 Canadian Skills Competition.
In May 2006, Skills Canada - Ontario held the 17th Ontario Technological Skills Competition in Waterloo ,Ontario . The gold winners for the Auto Collision Repair Contest were:
Secondary Level - Alex Heaman-Maracle from Robert Bateman HS
Post-Secondary Level - Dan Chudy from Centennial College .
Both medalists moved on to the Canadian Skills Competition in Halifax from June 23-26, 2006, where they both won Gold in Auto Collision Repair. Alex will be representing Canada at the World Skills Competition in Japan in November 2007.
The collision repair industry has been very active in assisting in the delivery of training and training equipment for the students through:
1) The local collision repair association (HARA) arranged with Toyota Canada and engineer help to have a spray booth donated to Robert Bateman HS in Burlington and was used to train Gold winner Alex Herman-Maracle.
2) Efforts by the association and industry partners were highlighted in a major dinner award event in February 2006 at Centennial College in Scarborough, Ontario with the completion of an almost $1 million donation of equipment and spray booth- the training area for Gold Winner Dan Chudy.
3) The painting component of Skills Canada - Ontario's Auto Collision Repair Contest for 2006 was set for cancellation because no spray booth could be found. Through the active work of their local trade association, the Wellington-Waterloo Collision Association, funds were raised to ensure that a booth at Sir John A. McDonald Secondary School in Waterloo would be ready in time to host this successful competition.
4) Industry support in southwestern Ontario, meant a donated spraybooth and equipment for Western Secondary School in Amherstburg through their local repair association, PACRA. The school hopes to compete next year.
Jill Fleming of Skills Canada - Ontario thanked the industry. "Ontario is thankful for the support shown by organizations such as www.ciia.com and HARA"
For more information please contact Skills Canada - Ontario at
519 749 9899 or the collision repair association at 1 866 309 4272 or info@ciia.com For the Collision Industry Advancement Initiative, please contact Bill Orr at Bill.Orr@AkzoNobel.com
If your shop has equipment that can be donated to schools, or your school needs equipment please contact 1 866 309 4272 or visit: http://www.ciia.com/donations .html |
Dofasco donates $1m to Mohawk centre
By Steve Arnold
The Hamilton Spectator
(Dec 1, 2006)
Plans for a new skills training centre at Mohawk College got a huge kick-start yesterday from Dofasco.
The steel giant donated $1 million to the $32 million Mohawk Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Research, Resources and Training Institute.
Dofasco president Jacques Chabanier said the donation, the largest corporate gift in the college's 40-year history, is a down payment on the cost of solving a serious problem for industry.
"The skilled trades shortage is critical and it could end the sustainability of our industry," Chabanier said.
Dofasco draws 90 per cent of its skilled trades apprentices from the college.
The institute, to be located at Mohawk's Stoney Creek campus, is part of a strategy to double skilled trades enrolment to 1,000 and to increase the number of apprenticeship students by 35 per cent to 3,571.
Dofasco's donation brings support for the project to $6.7 million.
Early backers include the provincial and city governments as well as $2.1 million from the Gerald Marshall Fund -- the largest single donation ever made to Mohawk. That fund, named for a local businessman who died earlier this year, is devoted to the redevelopment of Mohawk's Stoney Creek campus and in particular the truck and coach apprenticeship program.
sarnold@thespec.com
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BASF
trainers announce online sweepstakes to promote
refinish career program
Students
in U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico can enter to win unique
toolbox and seminar
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., November 7, 2005—The BASF Automotive Refinish
Solutions
business training department has announced a new sweepstakes that uses
custom painting to promote the company’s Internet portal and to
spur interest in a rewarding repair industry career.
The sweepstakes runs from October 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005,
and is open to all students enrolled in the fall term at a recognized
Career and Technical Education (CATE) course in the United States (subject
to state laws), Puerto Rico and Canada (except Quebec). Entrants will
be eligible to win a one-of-a-kind custom-painted BASF toolbox (roll
cab and chest), complete with a wide array of refinishing tools and
supplies, including
the unique Glasurit Small Damage Repair System. The retail value of
the toolbox
and tools is approximately $7,700 (U.S.)
To enter the sweepstakes, students must visit the BASF Refinish website
at http://www.BASFrefinish.com. One winner, drawn from all entries
postmarked before midnight of December 31, will receive the fully equipped
toolbox, which will be finished by a team of professional BASF paint
technicians as part of a custom painting seminar conducted at the winner’s
CATE facility.
“The prize in this sweepstakes is more than just a unique and valuable toolbox,” said
William “Jay” Johnston, Manager Training and Development for BASF’s
Automotive Refinish Solutions business in North America. “It includes a
seminar that will demonstrate custom painting techniques and, we hope, help inspire
the creativity of the participants.”
“We at BASF are very interested in cultivating relationships with the next
generation of collision repair workers,” Johnston continued. “The industry
must continue to attract and develop a steady stream of technicians that take
pride in their ability to return damaged vehicles to safe, original-equipment
specifications. The goal of our contest is to bring
attention to a rewarding career path that offers talented young people
job satisfaction and a secure future.”
According to Johnston, using the Internet to promote the sweepstakes
is appropriate because it reflects the increasingly high-tech nature
of the collision repair industry. “There may still be some misconceptions
out there about body shops and what they do,” he said. “The
reality is that today’s body shop technicians, as well as owners
and managers, work with state-of-the-art computer-based technologies.
Much of the information they need to perform their jobs, and even their
training, is available on sites like BASFrefinish.com or on dedicated
microsites like BASFtoolbox.com, where users can access a wide range
of product and technical information.
“We want people to know that this is an industry with an exciting future,” concluded
Johnston.
(see
headlines)
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STUDENT’S
LETTER TO DAIMLER-CHRYSLER CANADA RESULTS IN VEHICLE
DONATION
Automotive
students at Orchard Park Secondary School in Stoney
Creek, ON will now get their hands on the latest in
automotive technology thanks to a local student’s
request to DaimlerChrysler Canada for a vehicle donation.
Kyle Blanchard, a student of Orchard Park Secondary
School’s automotive program and a passionate automotive
enthusiast, wrote a letter to DaimlerChrysler Canada
requesting the donation of a new vehicle for his school’s
automotive program. The Company received the request
in March and once a vehicle became available for donation,
contacted the school to let them know they could receive
a 2005 Chrysler Sebring. Local dealer, DeWildt Chrysler,
heard about the corporate donation and offered to cover
all costs of transporting the vehicle form Windsor,
ON to the school. “Orchard Park is extremely grateful
for the support and generosity illustrated by DaimlerChrysler
Canada and DeWildt Chrysler,” say Pat Rocco, Principal
of Orchard Park Secondary School in Stoney Creek, ON.
The
Hamilton Spectator
Thursday,
July 7, 2005
(see
headlines) |
Akzo
Nobel's Collision Industry Advancement Initiative
awards more than $50,000
May 6, 2005 (Norcross, Ga.) - Several key industry leaders gathered for
the recent meeting of the Collision Industry Advancement Initiative Advisory
Council at the headquarters of Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes in North America.
"Akzo
Nobel continues to demonstrate its commitment to corporate
citizenship and stewardship in North America by providing
grants," said CIAI Advisory Council member Don
Treschak. "The grants chosen this spring by the
CIAI will provide much needed assistance towards the
growth of the industry. It is great to be a part of
a project that carries such a positive impact on our
industry. Be it small or large, this is truly a unique
position for a
company to take in the marketplace, and I commend Akzo Nobel for doing
it."
This
meeting marked the first application review since Akzo
Nobel launched the initiative in September of 2004.
The Council reviewed the applications and awarded grants,
totaling approximately $50,000, to roughly half of
the petitioners who are currently in the process of
being notified.
"We
identified numerous applicants whose requests were
worthy of note," said the Chair of the CIAI Sheila
Loftus. "The council decided to award grants that
covered a wide array of needs and aligned with the
mission of the organization. Grants were awarded to
four schools, three individuals and one organization.
Recipients were from Canada and the United States," explained
Loftus.
Also
during the March meeting the CIAI Advisory Council
established new guidelines for future requests. Applicants
that were awarded grants can apply for similar grants
every other year. Applications that were sent in but
not awarded can be resubmitted. New requests that are
non-related to previous submittals will also be accepted.
All
requests should provide all of the necessary detailed
information. The CIAI Advisory Council will meet again
in October. The deadline for submitting applications
for review is Friday, September 30, 2005.
Requests
to the Collision Repair Industry Advancement Foundation
can be made through the Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes we
site, www.akzonobelcarrefinishes.net
The
CIAI Advisory Council meets twice annually to review
requests for support. Akzo Nobel will then disburse
funds based on the recommendation of the council.
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COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS HONOUR AUTOBODY DONORS
Industry companies and individuals praised for their
contributions
October 15, 2004
HARA's
meeting moderator asked for the time needed to honour
individuals and companies for their outstanding contributions
to making collision repair industry training exciting
and vibrant. A number of the award recipients had donated
product and services, time and money to ensuring that
collision repair, autobody repair and auto refinishing
training is well equipped and well taught in the schools
and community colleges that young people attend
to become skilled apprentices and technicians. Without these special
gifts, autobody programs could have been lost and fewer young people
would find out that the trade offers a great career with a good future.
Among
those receiving awards were:
PPG
Canada for their work at Mohawk College
Don Teevens for arranging a vehicle donation to Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Secondary School
Don Treschak of Treschak Enterprise for their work with Niagara College
Akzo Nobel Coatings for their donations to Niagara College
Halton District School Board honoured Treschak Enterprises, Akzo Nobel
Coatings for their work at General Brock Secondary School
Toyota Canada was honoured for their donation of a spraybooth for the
autobody program at the new Robert Bateman Secondary School
Peter Woodall from Centennial College thanked Mike Elliot from Elliott's
Collision in Newmarket for their donation of fame rack equipment and
Sean
Basilio of 3M Cnada for their contributions to their programs at Centennial
Executive
Director of Skills Canada-Ontario, Gail Smyth handed
out industry sponsorship awards to Toyota Canada, DuPont
Canada and CARSTAR Automotive Canada for their help
in the provincial technological skills completions
Hartley
Ellis of Ken Shaw Lexus Toyota and Mark Millson of
Budd's Collision in Oakville were honoured for winning
the Ontario and National Canada Skills competition.
Mark Millson received a surprise when it was announced
that he would be taking a trip to Helsinki, Finland
to compete in the World Championship.
The
sponsoring shops for Mark's trip to compete in the
national competition in Winnipeg were:
HARA
Meray Collision
Budd's Collision Services
Trafalgar CARSTAR Collision
Leggat Pontiac Buick Cadillac
CARS Auto Collision
Special
industry awards were also presented to the Ministry
of Training, Colleges, and Universities-Apprenticeship
Branch, and to the students and teacher Peter Nicolaidis,
of Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School in Simcoe
by Toyota Canada and PPG Canada for their work with
the Baja 1000 winning Hummer race vehicles on display
in the parking lot and for winning last years' contest
at the PPG-sponsored Canadian Collision Industry
Congress by sending some 139 students to Autobody Career Day.
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