NEWS
Industry packs Budds’ for annual Christmas party The production area of Budds’ Collision Services was packed for the company’s annual Pig Roast and Christmas party. In addition to great food and great company, this year’s event also served as the official launch of the Sam Piercey Foundation, supporting young collision repair apprentices in the industry. The foundation is in honour of the late Sam Piercey, co-owner of Budds’, frequent Collision Repair magazine columnist and one of the collision repair industry’s most well-known and outspoken advocates. He passed away July 24, 2016, as a result of complications arising due to leukemia. This yearly event is always attended by a wide cross-section of the industry, with plenty of representation from insurers and vendors. Repairers were particularly well represented, with many attending from the local area and beyond. Watch for more news on the Sam Piercey Foundation in coming issues.
This year’s event served as the official launch of the Sam Piercey Foundation.
Sam Piercey Jr. of Canadian Hail Repair. Gloria Mann of Collision Repair magazine and Nicole and Joe Piercey.
Joe Da Cunha of Allstate and Steve Ingoglia of CSN-Automacs.
Greg Fenzl, Don Teevens of Consolidated Dealers Co-Op and Larry King of Caruk & Associates. february 2017 collision Repair 69