NABC® Recycled Rides® For Schools
PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (October 30, 2025) – The National Auto Body Council announced today a major relaunch for the NABC Recycled Rides for Schools program, which has provided technical and trade students with hands-on repair experience and the pride of giving back to those in need in their community. Read More
NABC® Recycled Rides® for Schools is an extension of the successful national program, NABC® Recycled Rides®, geared towards technical schools and colleges.
NABC® Recycled Rides® for Schools provide students enrolled in vocational schools with a valuable opportunity to learn their trade with hands-on training on late-model vehicles. Equally important, the program provides students with the opportunity to experience the rewards of helping make a difference in someone’s life.
Participating schools benefit by building awareness in the community for the value of technical education and trade-oriented careers and strengthening relationships with local businesses and organizations. Positive exposure from NABC® Recycled Rides® can help increase student recruitment as well as lead to more job opportunities for graduating students.
NABC® Recycled Rides® for Schools works the same way as the national program with vehicles donated by an insurer, car rental company or occasionally private individuals. The school, in conjunction with their advisory committee and a local repair facility, repairs the vehicle and donates it to individuals or a charity of their choice.
The National Auto Body Council recently announced a major relaunch for the NABC Recycled Rides® for Schools program to continue the program into the future. As schools navigated shut-downs during COVID and changing repair standards and insurance requirements as they re-opened, NABC worked closely with its vehicle donors – primarily the insurance carriers – and its collision repair partners to reshape the program for the future.
Now, NABC® has re-introduced the NABC Recycled Rides® for Schools program with renewed support from insurance partners including GEICO and Allstate to donate cars, NABC® collision repair professionals ready to serve as ambassadors for local programs and students, program resources on repair processes and standards through I-CAR and the Collision Engineering Career Advice Program, and a new scholarship for qualifying post-secondary schools to cover their NABC® membership.
The scholarship – the Norton Repair Knowledge Scholarship – provides $100 to qualifying post-secondary schools to cover their NABC membership. Sponsored by Norton/St. Gobain, the scholarship fund also helps cover costs of vehicle towing, inspections and other fees. This scholarship will begin on January 1, 2026 and continue for one year. Those interested in applying for the Norton Repair Knowledge Scholarship can complete the qualifications questionnaire here. Membership also is available for $100 per school annually.
Participating schools have access to a members-only NABC® Recycled Rides® kit which includes step-by-step guidelines and instructions on how to implement a successful program. NABC® Recycled Rides® for Schools committee members are available to provide guidance throughout the entire program, including help to obtain a vehicle, acquire the parts for repair and continuing through the “gifting” process and ceremony. Schools also have access to purchase the presentation kit ($110 + shipping – price subject to change) with the reusable signature green bow, banner and more.
To learn more about NABC Recycled Rides for Schools, contact Steve Fardelos at steve.d.fardelos@saint-gobain.com
Video: Washburn Tech gifted its 28th NABC® Recycled Ride® on December 3, 2019. Video from WIBW.
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We repaired and gave our first vehicle away November 22, 2011. What we originally thought was going to be maybe one car a school year has snowballed. On December 3, 2019 we gifted our 28th vehicle. This has been a wonderful opportunity for our students that are helping with repairs that they would not be able to do during our normal school time. The repairs are done during evenings and weekends and we invite local shop managers, technicians, vendors, and insurance partners that work side by side with the students. This had led to job opportunities for some of the students. Graduating students have come back years later and worked on the vehicles. We have one volunteer who started here as a student and has volunteered on all 28 vehicles.
It has been a win-win opportunity for the campus, our students and our local businesses.