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Letter to the Editor
Tuesday September 13
AASP/NJ Reaches Out to Hurricane Victims
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ), the state’s largest association of collision and mechanical repairers, is encouraging New Jersey automotive repairers to reach out and support the victims of Hurricane Katrina. AASP/NJ hopes to set an example by donating $2,500 to help automotive repairers who have lost loved ones, jobs, businesses and home."We are actively participating in the relief effort initiated by the National Auto Body Council (NABC), and have begun a fundraising campaign to raise as much additional money as possible from our membership," AASP/NJ Executive Director Charles Bryant said. "We are also hoping to put together a list of shops that have jobs available for the countless number of repairers who have lost jobs in the Gulf Coast area."
"Whenever a tragedy like this occurs, it puts everything into perspective," AASP/NJ President Bob Everett commented. "I’m sure most of us have already contributed individually but as an association, we still felt we needed to do more. Sending the money is one way to handle it. Another is to find potential jobs for those who don’t have a place to go to work to anymore. Hopefully, many other associations across the country will find a way to help. The people of the Gulf Coast need our help and we have to be there for them. I’m proud to be president of a group that feels that way."
Donations will be accepted by the AASP-NJ and forwarded to the Collision Industry Foundation, or can be made directly through the www.collisionindustryrelief.com website.
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