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Local businesses step up to donate towards presenting an FTCC student with refurbished car at ‘Collision U’

By Staff Report, posted 1 year ago
Photo provided by FTCC

A Fayetteville Technical Community College student will be presented with a 2011 Buick Regal at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 27, by the College’s Collision Repair & Refinishing Technology program. 

The presentation is being done in partnership with the National Auto Body Council’s Recycled Rides program, which links vehicle donors with organizations in the collision-repair industry in order to provide transportation to individuals and service organizations that are in need. 

FTCC students in the Collision Repair & Refinishing Technology program, known as Collision U, refurbished the sedan, which was donated by National General Insurance Co. The student who will receive the car, a single mother, was identified through an application process at the College.  

Several local businesses and businesspeople have also contributed to the project:

  • Black’s Tire & Auto Service - donated tires
  • Harrell’s Tire & Auto Service - will provide a year's worth of oil changes
  • Keystone Automotive Industries - donated repair parts
  • Chris Neal - donated a $50 gas card
  • Powers Swain Chevrolet - donated a starter
  • Pro Wash USA Car Wash - will provide 25 car washes
  • FTCC Foundation has also participated in the project

FTCC’s Collision Repair & Refinishing Technology program prepares graduates to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, reconstruct and finish automobile bodies, fenders and external features. Graduates can earn awards including an associate degree, a diploma and numerous certificates, and qualify for entry-level employment at automotive dealerships, independent collision-repair shops and insurance companies or by working for themselves as collision repair and refinishing technicians. 

The public is invited to attend the event. A tour of the Collision Repair & Refinishing Technology center will follow and refreshments will be served. 

More information about the program can be found at https://www.faytechcc.edu/academics/engineering-applied-technology-programs/collision-repair-refinishing-technology/.

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