While we would put our standards up against others in almost all of these categories, our vision as a company is to see: "Generations Transformed Through Discovery Oudoors." Those five words have driven Alpine Shop to truly dedicate itself over the past 37 years to the "Growth of Outdoor Sports" in St. Louis and the Midwest because of the physical, emotional and spiritual changes that the outdoors can bring to every one of us. And we like to think we're doing a pretty good job of it. If you are one of the more than 4,000 people who have been a part of the 275 clinics or instructional classes we've put on in the past year, or if you participated this year in the Off-Road Racing League in either the Alpine Shop Short Track Dirt Crit Series or the Trail Run Series, we hope you agree. If you do, we'd humbly request that you put in a nomination for Alpine Shop as a Retailer of the Year in the category of "Growth of Outdoor Sports."
The process is simple. Just visit www.snewsnet.com/roty and fill out the short entry form. We promise it doesn't take very long and this type of recognition–and the interest and funding it can provide–would make it easier for us to continue to improve the events, programs and races that we already offer. Nominations are open now through October 1, 2011 and can be found at www.snewsnet.com/roty.
Thanks for taking the time to help. If you're interested, below is the information we've provided as our own nomination.
You can nominate Alpine Shop for a SNEWS/Backpacker Retailer of the Year by visiting www.snewsnet.com/roty."Generations Transformed Through Discovery Outdoors."
That's Alpine Shop's vision and that vision drives our continued efforts to get more people of all ages active in the outdoors. Our dedication to the "Growth of Outdoor Sports" has never been more recognizable in our business than over the past 12 months. During that time period, this St. Louis-based outdoor recreation company has taken in nearly 4000 registrations for 275 educational and experiential programs designed to teach paddling, cycling, wilderness first aid, backpacking and much more across 13 different disciplines. 103 of those programs were absolutely free of charge to everyone in the community. What's even more impressive is that the 4000 registrations listed above don't even include the attendance at Alpine Shop's largest effort to grow outdoor sports in 2011: the Off-Road Racing League. The Off-Road Racing League includes Alpine Shop's Short Track Dirt Crit Series of mountain bike races and the Trail Run Series held at a local state park in St. Louis. These two series, which feature a nine nights of outdoor racing in St. Louis, brought in a total of nearly 1200 registrations - including over 200 newcomers and kids – to the two disciplines. The Off-Road Racing League sold out each of five nights of racing for the mountain bike series and experienced 200% growth for the four races of the trail run series despite a St. Louis summer that registered seven record high temperatures throughout the months of July and August. That's truly putting our vision to work. And that's also why believe we're one of the best retailers in the country in bringing about the "Growth of Outdoor Sports." Check out offroadracingleague.com for more information on this series of races and see for yourself how Alpine Shop is helping to grow outdoor sports in St. Louis like never before. Or for more information on Alpine Shop's complete list of clinics and programs, see alpineshop.com.
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