Congratulations to the Go To Guide 2012 Community Hero winners!
Shawn Gills of Salida
Shawn opened Absolute Bikes of Salida in an old feed store next to the Arkansas River in May of 1999. He is actively involved in programs to make life better in the Salida area for residents and visitors alike. Salida Mountain trails program Shawn donates his time and other resources to this program. Salida Mountain Trails is an all volunteer organization committed to building and maintaining sustainable, non-motorized, multi-user trails on public lands adjoining the city of Salida. They are a chapter of Salida Parks Open Space and Trails. The ride right cycle safe program and helmets for Kids program. This program just completed its 4th year in the Salida School System. It is designed to give young riders skills such as learning bicycling rules of the road, making eye contact with drivers, some basic riding skills, how to properly adjust a bicycle helmet and do a basic safety check on their bikes. The clinic also includes giving each 4th grade student a new Giro bicycle helmet, numbering approximately 100 helmets donated per year.
Safe routes to school program. This program allows school children to get to school safely on bikes rather than relying on an adult to drive them to school in a car. Southern Central Racing (SCR) is a cycling club and race team focused on bringing the cycling community together in Chaffee County. Absolute Bikes has been a key sponsor since the creation of this club. In 2008, they became the co-sponsor and provide the club and race team with world class support.
You can join Shawn in helping your community by participating or donating to any of these causes:
salidamountaintrails.org
salidaparksopenspacetrails.org
southcentralracing.com
For more information visit:
absolutebikes.com
The Go To Guide is proud to donate $100.00 to the Salida Mountain Trails Program in celebration of Shawn Gillis – Community Hero of 2012.
