Copart contributes $20,000 to CREF

Jan. 1, 2020
Copart has displayed its commitment to the future of the collision industry by contributing $20,000 to CREF.
Copart has displayed its commitment to the future of the collision industry by contributing $20,000 to the Collision Repair Education Foundation. This donation from Copart will support the Education Foundation’s Collision Repair Education Campaign fund, which allows the Foundation to provide its annual student scholarships, school grants, and Ultimate Collision Education Makeover $50,000 school grant to collision programs in need of assistance due to harsh budget cuts.

Clark Plucinski, Collision Repair Education Foundation Executive Director stated, “As our organization operates and is able to provide support to high school and college collision students only through industry donations, I thank Copart for their continued support. The industry is asking for more qualified and capable entry-level workers and this can be accomplished only through taking an active role within the collision school programs. Through Copart’s donation and support we industry we can continue this effort.”

Industry organizations interested in joining the Collision Repair Education Foundation’s efforts to support secondary and post-secondary collision school programs should contact Education Foundation’s Director of Development, Brandon Eckenrode at [email protected] or 847.463.5244.

The Collision Repair Education Foundation, founded in 1991, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to securing donations that support philanthropic and collision repair education activities that promote and enhance career opportunities in the industry. For information on how to donate to programs supported by the Education Foundation visit us on the Internet at: www.CollisionEducationFoundation.org.

Copart, founded in 1982, provides vehicle sellers with a full range of remarketing services to process and sell salvage and clean title vehicles to dealers, dismantlers, rebuilders, exporters and, in some states, to end users.  Copart remarkets the vehicles through Internet sales utilizing its patented VB2 technology.  Copart sells vehicles on behalf of insurance companies, banks, finance companies, fleet operators, dealers, car dealerships and others as well as cars sourced from the general public. The company currently operates 206 facilities, with operations in the United States and Canada (www.copart.com), the United Kingdom (www.copart.co.uk), Brazil (www.copart.com.br), Germany (www.copart.de), the United Arab Emirates (www.copart.ae) and Spain (www.autoresiduos.com). Copart links sellers to more than 750,000 members in over 140 countries worldwide through our online multi-channel platform.  For more information, or to become a member, visit www.copart.com.

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