The Ed Coates Memorial Foundation Makes Largest Single Donation

The Ed Coates Memorial Foundation (ECMF) was created in honour of Lordco Auto Parts founder Ed Coates with the main goal being to enhance the accessibility to education and training in automotive related fields. Recently, Ed Coates’ daughter Candace Gottschalk announced on behalf of the ECMF Board of Directors the commitment to an annual gift of $5,000 to the AFRI (Automotive Retailers Foundation Inc.) in order to assist in achieving its goal of furthering education in the industry. The new commitment is in addition to the ECMF’s long-standing donation of a toolbox for the winner of the Bob Clarke Memorial Scholarship. In addition to the ECMF’s continuing donations, Payless Glass out of Langley, B.C. will also be donating $1,000 to the AFRI in honour of its late owner Willie Freeburn. As previously mentioned, the AFRI uses the donations to fund scholarships and bursaries for students hoping to enter and work in the automotive field. For more information on the Ed Coates Memorial Foundation please visit www.edcoatesfoundation.org. For information on the AFRI please visit www.ara.bc.ca/foundation.