MORE SPORTS | “Unselfishness, depth have become USC’s calling card as it eyes 3rd NCAA title in 4 years.”For more information: Davon GilliardCan’t Stop Training.”My family’s been here for almost seven or eight generations now, so super local,” Gilliard said. “I’m somewhat of a dinosaur these days in the city. My mom was 18 years […]
MORE SPORTS | “Unselfishness, depth have become USC’s calling card as it eyes 3rd NCAA title in 4 years.”For more information: Davon GilliardCan’t Stop Training.”My family’s been here for almost seven or eight generations now, so super local,” Gilliard said. “I’m somewhat of a dinosaur these days in the city. My mom was 18 years old, I know she couldn’t afford training. I work with a lot of kids and try to help them out as much as I can. MORE SPORTS | “JuJu Watkins, Hannah Hidalgo headline women’s AP All-America team.”The trailer also proved invaluable when the lockdown was lifted, giving Gilliard the ability of mobility, giving the gift of fitness to the community he grew up in.Davon Gilliard’s mobile training trailer coined “The Vault” has been stolen.That’s exactly what Gilliard was doing, even though a big part of his mission was missing.CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A well-known local athletic trainer and fitness coach needs the community’s help, to continue to help the community. Sharing health and wellness with the Lowcountry.It feels like Davon Gillard has trained just about every athlete in the Lowcountry, from former Clemson and current Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams to former Porter-Gaud standout and Washington Wizards star Khris Middleton. But his real passion is helping high school athletes get to that next level, but a big piece of that puzzle has been taken away.And while he asks the community to help him get a key piece of his passion back, he has a message for those who took away his teaching tool.”Some of those kids are with me four or five days a week. I take them home and even feed them before, giving them free training and helping out as many kids as I possibly can and get that opportunity that I feel they deserve and need to get to the next level, get a free education.””This thing helps a lot of kids get to the next level. It helps me help kids get to where they need to be do some meaningful things in the community and do my service,” Gilliard said. “I feel like that I have to the world, which is training and mentorship and helping kids get to the next level.””I feel like it was my service to be able to train kids,” Gilliard said.”I called every tow company in the city to see if I possibly got towed away,” Gilliard said. “I called the police department and gave them my VIN-number to see if they possibly towed it and no one had it.”So far, there are no leads on the whereabouts of the trailer. If you have any information, reach out to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Department.”Our first event, we ended up having like a hundred people there,” Gilliard said. “We kept doing that every month and it blew up, and we started collaborating with different vendors, like restaurants and other wellness centers like spas, to come in and just create awareness in the fitness realm.” MORE SPORTS | “Former CSU head coach Fred Applin plans to dance as a No. 16 seed in NCAA Tournament.”And while a trailer might not seem like a big deal, it came at a time when the community needed outdoor activity the most, during COVID lockdown.
