CARSTAR and SGI CANADA raise money for Cystic Fibrosis Canada
By CRM Staff Hamilton, Ontario – August 9, 2018 –As part of a new partnership, SGI CANADA will be donating a portion of all recycled parts sales from CARSTAR locations across Alberta towards Cystic Fibrosis Canada. To start the program, SGI CANADA, an established Canadian insurance company is donating $10,000 to the charity to show […]
Fix Automotive gives back during its national conference
By CRM Staff Blainville, Quebec — May 18, 2018 — At its recent annual conference in Niagara, May 3-5, Fix Automotive challenged its attendees to a team building exercise – with a charitable twist. Keeping the automotive industry in mind, the two teams were challenged with creating a giant race course out of […]
Skate In Strides Fights for a Cure
By CRM Staff Calgary, Alberta — April 16, 2018 — CARSTAR Canada and the Calgary Flames Foundation, in partnership with TJ Brodie – a longstanding advocate in the fight against cystic fibrosis – recently presented a $60,000 donation to Cystic Fibrosis Canada from its Skate In Strides program. “We’re so grateful for the […]
CARSTAR Peterborough donates van to Big Brothers Big Sisters
By CRM Staff Peterborough, Ontario — March 27, 2018 — In early March, Jim and Cathy Shirtliff, owners of CARSTAR Peterborough, along with sponsors from Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Burrows Insurance Brokers, LKQ, Fitzsimmons Towing, Kings Auto Wreckers, Autographics Peterborough, Wurth, Akzo Nobel and Peterborough Petes, presented a refurbished van to the Big Brothers Big Sisters […]
AIA Ontario donates $15,000 to Canadian youth foundation
By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario — February 5, 2018 — Last Thursday, the Ontario Division of the Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA) donated $15,000 to the High Five for Kids Foundation. The foundation, which is a charitable organization under the AIA itself, has been in operation since 2005. It provides grants to […]
Color Compass presents donation to the British Columbia Children’s Hospital Foundation
By Erin McLaughlin Vancouver, British Columbia — January 2, 2018 — Color Compass started the new year by improving the lives of local children. The company recently made a $28,000 donation to the British Columbia Children’s Hospital Foundation (BCCHF). Color Compass supplied $25,000, while a customer, professional services partner and member of senior management […]
CSN Collision Centres donates $15,000 to Make-A-Wish Canada
By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario — December 21, 2017 — The season of giving continues in the collision repair industry as CSN Collision Centres announces a donation of $15,000 to the Make-A-Wish Canada Foundation. The cheque was presented to Boom FM as part of the radio station’s ‘Thousand Dollar Make-A-Wish Minute’, which grants wishes to […]
Burwell Auto Body donates 3,500 kilograms of food and diapers
London, Ontario — December 15, 2017 — Those warm holiday feelings we all know and love are hitting the streets and entering our homes. Unfortunately, many families don’t have the means to celebrate the holidays with food and gifts. Paul and John Pritiko, owners of Burwell Auto Body in London, Ontario, are helping remedy this. […]
Chase Auto Body Supplies donates $10,000 to the Salvation Army of Canada
By CRM Staff Winnipeg, Manitoba — December 13, 2017 — The holiday season is upon us and with it comes the joy of giving. That’s something Chase Auto Body Supplies believes in, with its recent donation of a $10,000 cheque to the Salvation Army of Canada. Tim Shay, General Manager of Chase Auto Body Supplies, […]
Lordco Parts offers support during BC fires
Maple Ridge, British Columbia — July 18, 2017 — Lordco Parts is extending support to help fund the firefighting efforts over the course of British Columbia’s devastating wildfire spread. With a province-wide state of emergency declared and more than 230 fires burning, 14,000 evacuees have left their homes and places of employment while 1,300 firefighters […]
