Kindersley Aquatic Centre Unveils Two New Wheelchair Lifts
On Thursday, March 4th at 1:00 p.m., the Kindersley Aquatic Centre hosted the unveiling of two new wheelchair lifts. Staff members, several town council members and a few guests were present for the occasion.
Tanya Phillips, interim manager at the Kindersley Aquatic Centre, said the inventor of the lift is from Scotland, and the new additions were acquired in mid-February from a company in Scotland that builds the lifts. The same type of lifts were used in the 2012 Olympics in England’s paralympics. A company in Ontario then helped bring the lifts to Kindersley and install them.
The purchasing of the lifts was made possible in part due to a grant the pool received from the Canadian Tire Jump Start Program. These lifts will not only benefit people using wheelchairs, but will also be helpful for people who have hip or knee problems and have difficulty getting in and out of the pool.
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