Donation of Salvage Vehicles Provides Valuable Training and Funding to Prepare Future Generation of Collision Repair Specialists

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. and HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Sept. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning this fall, Farmers Insurance® will start the process of donating 30 salvage vehicles to the Collision Repair Education Foundation™ for use at vocational technical training centers across the country. The vehicles will serve as a learning resource for the future generation of collision repair specialists.

Farmers® will deliver the first of the salvage vehicles to respective Collision Repair Education Foundation approved training centers in time for the fall semester. Once the donated vehicles are repaired and sold, the proceeds will be donated by Farmers to the foundation, who will use the funds to purchase essential training supplies for the training centers.

"Our work with the Collision Repair Education Foundation gives Farmers the opportunity to help support repair collision education and the careers of future repair specialists," said Gerry Poirier, national auto physical damage strategy manager for Farmers Insurance. "The donated vehicles will serve as a valuable resource for students to learn skills required for careers in the auto collision industry.

The training centers are selected by submitting an application to the Collision Repair Education Foundation, which supports collision repair educational programs, schools and students to create qualified, entry-level employees and connect them with an array of career opportunities in the collision industry.

The first training center to receive a vehicle will be the Lake Career and Technical Center in Camdenton, Missouri.

"We look forward to delivering each and every salvage vehicle to training centers across the country," said Melissa Marscin, director of grant programs at the Collision Repair Education Foundation. "We are thankful to be collaborating with Farmers Insurance to continue our mission of delivering vehicles to the centers throughout the 2016 school year."

About Farmers Insurance
"Farmers Insurance®" and "Farmers®" are tradenames for a group of affiliated insurers providing insurance for automobiles, homes and small businesses and a wide range of other insurance and financial services and products. Farmers Insurance is proud to serve more than 10 million households with over 19 million individual policies, across all 50 states, through the efforts of more than 48,000 exclusive and independent agents and approximately 21,000 employees. Farmers Insurance Exchange, the largest of the three primary insurance insurers that make up Farmers Insurance, is recognized as one of the largest U.S. companies on the 2016 Fortune 500 list.

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About the Collision Repair Education Foundation
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 online: www.CollisionEducationFoundation.org.

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