A successful Invictus Games has come and gone. All those yellow-jacket volunteers helped put on an inspiring event. What the spectators didn’t see is the effort made behind the scenes to ensure the games could not fail.
I would like to point out a project undertaken by the Whistler Adaptive Sports Program to ensure the facilities at the Jeff Harbers Centre on Whistler Mountain would meet the needs of the teams and competitors. In order to accommodate an expansion to the sit-ski inventory more partitioned storage shelves were required.
Late last fall several people in the community provided a great service to see that this project would be completed on time and to a high quality. Nathan Walter at Durfeld Contractors fabricated the 60 panels which were required to fit perfectly during assembly. Mike Farr at Mountain Paint provided free paint for the project. Alex Kleinman provided the special tools and clamps and, most of all, the expertise needed to assemble and install the boxes. Finally, the Whistler Adaptive volunteers helped transport the panels and glue, and helped paint, lift and secure the final assembly.
As a result of this effort the limited space at the hut was able to handle the increased activity of the games.
