Volunteer recognized for work with bicycle groups

What: Ben’s Bells promote kindness and community involvement. Each week a person who makes Tucson better is “belled.”

Last week’s recipient: Colin Holmes.

Nominated by: Monique Laraway.

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Why: Holmes has worked for multiple nonprofits in Tucson, including BICAS and El Grupo, to ensure that at-risk youth and adults have the resources they need to feel empowered to keep riding and lift themselves up, wrote Laraway in her nomination letter. Holmes has been a coach and tutor for El Grupo for years and has even helped some of the graduates obtain laptops, bikes and, in one case, a car, all for free. He has also recovered seven stolen bikes (for strangers) in the past year. Holmes is often asked to fix things and he never says no, Laraway wrote.

More info and to nominate someone: Go to bensbells.org/BellingForm to submit a name. Go to bensbells.org or call 622-1379 for more information.