Earl Scheib Paint & Body Pledges Support to Southern California Fire Victims

LOS ANGELES--Nov. 6, 2003--Earl Scheib Paint & Body today announced that 3 percent of its Southern California shops' sales during the month of November will be donated to the California Fire Foundation.

The company said the contribution was an effort to give back to the communities that have supported Earl Scheib Paint & Body since its founding 66 years ago.

The California Fire Foundation has established a non-profit disaster relief fund which will support and aid the victims of the Southern California fires including firefighters killed or injured in the line of duty.

All monies collected by this organization go directly to this cause. None of the money from this fund will be retained by the foundation, either for ongoing expenses or for future disasters. The California Fire Foundation is a charitable nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization.

Earl Scheib Paint & Body shops participating in the contribution program are located in Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties.

Earl Scheib Paint & Body is the world's largest company-owned and operated production auto-painting and body repair service, painting more than 150,000 cars and trucks every year. Made famous in its early years by Earl's slogan, "I'll paint any car, any color for $29.95. No ups. No extras," the company has painted more than 10 million cars over its 66 years in business, and continues to adhere to Earl's original commitment of offering the best price in town on auto painting, guaranteed.