The six schools that received the Mac Tools donations include:
- Manhattan Area Technical College (Manhattan, KS)
- Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville (Shelbyville, TN)
- Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES at Ellicottville (Ellicottville, NY)
- Tuscola Technology Center (Caro, MI)
- Madison Area Technical School (Madison, WI)
- Lake Washington Tech College (Kirkland, WA)
Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville Director, Ivan Jones said, “The Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville deeply appreciates the generous donation of tools from Mac Tools. With the continued decrease in state appropriations to higher education institutions, this donation allows the TTCS to utilize scarce resources more efficiently. With the additional tools, the learning pace and hands-on learning increases since students do not waste valuable project time waiting tools to become available. This donation directly helps the quality of the Collision Repair Technology program.”
Collision Repair Education Foundation Director of Development Brandon Eckenrode noted, “I would like to thank Mac Tools for their annual donation of $10,000 of tools to the Collision Repair Education Foundation and joining in our efforts to support the future professionals of the collision industry. Through the collision school programs participating with our Ultimate Collision Education Makeover school grant we were able to match their specific request for Mac Tools products and fulfill the requests due to the company’s generosity.”
Additional information on Mac Tools can be found at www.MacTools.com. Industry organization looking to assist secondary and post-secondary collision school programs and their students through monetary and/or in-kind product donations should contact Director of Development Brandon Eckenrode at 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
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