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Black’s Tire & Auto Service Has Your Back

Tire Review Magazine

Here’s a perfect example from Rick’s brother and Black’s Tire Vice President Ryan Benton: When Hurricane Matthew hit the Carolinas in 2016, a nearby lower-income housing development became flooded, relocating the community, destroying valuable property and ruining beloved home after home.

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Car ADAS Solutions Announces Partnership with TechForce Foundation

AutoInc.

In addition, the company is able to post apprenticeships and tech jobs in TechForce’s online community of technicians, receives advance notice and rights to leverage the foundation’s Techs Rock Awards and Grab the Wheel campaigns, and is encouraged to engage its employees in local, grassroots events with schools and students.

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Ritchie Wimmer, IOTY Candidate, Morro Bay, CA

Tomorrow's Technician

A four-year apprenticeship under John Wanger gave Wimmer the foundation to open his shop, Wimmer Automotive, in 2013. However, Wimmer’s journey was almost cut short by a near-fatal accident in 2016. He worked in restaurants to fund his passion projects, wrenching on cars in his garage.