GRTA donates helmets to promote safety

By RICHARD JENKINS

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WAKEFIELD — As part of an effort to promote safe riding in the region, the Gogebic Range Trail Authority recently donated helmets to kids without the proper gear.

“It was one of the most rewarding things I think I’ve done with our club to date,” said GRTA President Steve Hamilton. “Some of these kids, the way they looked at some of these helmets, it was like it was the coolest thing they now owned.”

The club donated 17 helmets and goggles to nine families at an event Thursday, according to Hamilton, in the first round of helmet give...