By Mike Davey
Orlando, Florida — August 25, 2015 — CARSTAR Automotive Canada recognized the top performers throughout its network for their leadership and performance during the network’s annual conference held at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. You can read more about the conference here.
Awards were given out in numerous categories, including customer experience, top fundraisers for Cystic Fibrosis Canada and others.
Larry Jefferies was honoured with the Matthew Orhnstein Lifetime Achievement Award. The award acknowledges his business leadership, his dedication to CARSTAR and to the industry as a whole, showcased by his work with the Canadian Collision Industry Forum, AIA Canada, and other organizations.
Awards were also given to stores celebrating their fifth year, tenth year, fifteenth year and twentieth year in business. The 20 Year Excellence category is new this year, as CARSTAR Automotive Canada celebrates its 20th anniversary. The stores receiving this honour have been with CARSTAR since the network’s first year in Canada:
Customer Experience
CARSTAR New Glasgow
CARSTAR Toronto Dovercourt
CARSTAR St. John’s
Cystic Fibrosis – Top Fundraisers
CARSTAR Kitchener (Kieswetter)
CARSTAR Gander
CARSTAR Courtenay
CARSTAR Brampton
CARSTAR Calgary McKnight
CARSTAR Markham
CARSTAR Edmonton West
CARSTAR Mississauga 401
CARSTAR Chevrier (MCSO)
CARSTAR CARSTAR CMD (MCSO)
CARSTAR Okotoks (MCSO)
CARSTAR Red Deer
CQS Award for Outstanding Quality
CARSTAR Kitchener King (Keiswetter)
White Knight
CARSTAR Red Deer – Darryl & Brian Hemstreet
CARSTAR Winnipeg – Dan Jonsson & Skye Grexton
CARSTAR Sackville/Halifax – Tim & Shelley MacKay
Distinguished Service Award
CARSTAR Brossard – Gaetan & Catherine Gadbois
CARSTAR Markham – Jim & Cathy Shirtliff
Matthew Orhnstein Lifetime Achievement Award
Larry Jefferies
President’s Club
CARSTAR Red Deer
CARSTAR Stoney Creek
CARSTAR Carrey Beloeil
CARSTAR Bridgewater
CARSTAR Summerside and CARSTAR Chalottetown
CARSTAR Edmonton South & CARSTAR Edmonton South East
5 Year Excellence
CARSTAR Scarborough South
CARSTAR Gander
CARSTAR Lindsay
CARSTAR Bay Roberts
CARSTAR Calgary East Lake
CARSTAR Waterdown
CARSTAR Abbotsford
CARSTAR Express Edmonton South
CARSTAR Express Woodstock
CARSTAR Bridgewater
CARSTAR LaSalle
10 Year Excellence
CARSTAR St. John’s
CARSTAR Truro
CARSTAR Toronto St. Clair
CARSTAR Shawinigan
CARSTAR Grand Falls
CARSTAR Huntsville
CARSTAR Lucan (England’s)
CARSTAR Repentigny
15 Year Excellence
CARSTAR Guelph
CARSTAR St. Thomas
CARSTAR Port Colborne
CARSTAR Dartmouth
CARSTAR Markham
20 Year Excellence
CARSTAR Hamilton Midtown
CARSTAR Brantford
CARSTAR Hamilton Gage
CARSTAR Mississauga Hawkestone
CARSTAR Hamilton Rymal
CARSTAR Ontario Truck Division Hamilton
CARSTAR Scarborough West
CARSTAR Burlington Fairview (Aro Motors)
CARSTAR Burlington Mainway (Aro Motors)
CARSTAR Elmira (Rudow’s)
CARSTAR St. Catharines
CARSTAR Fergus (Giles)
CARSTAR Etobicoke South
CARSTAR Downsview
CARSTAR Oshawa Drake Street
CARSTAR Oakville West
CARSTAR Cambridge
CARSTAR London West (Lawrence)
