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but volunteers are still

Are you looking for the chance to
help out in your community? The

- B.C. Winter Games is your answer.
oe Thousands of participants and spec-
. tators are coming to North Vancouver
:_ in February to take part in the 18th.
: annual B.C. Winter Games and vol-
- .- unteers are needed to make this event

*-) @ SUCCESS.

"The Games are only seven weeks
“ “away and Nancy Watson, Volunteer
‘Co-chair of . the Registration and

” Results directorate, says volunteers are

» “We're looking at a minimum of
3,500 . volunteers in total,” said
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Gerry Brewer didn’t become
-_. President of the North Vancouver B.C.
_ Winter Games because he is looking
for accolades or applause. He took
on the challenge because its one of
the few things he hadn't done yet.
“It wasn’t something | sought
.” because | wanted to some way get my
“name in lights in the community,”
says Brewer, “t thought of the oppor-
tunity as a.way of doing something
very different. I've never organized a
. Sporting event.”
But although he may not have orga-
nized a sporting event before, the
retired North Vancouver City adminis-

trator has tried most of the winter -

‘, Sports which will be showcased at the
“Games.
You can't live in this country and
_ be active in the outdoors without try-
ing most of them,” he says. -

And he has travelled the rest of the
world in search of mountains to
climb, a nearly lifelong passion he has
shared with his two grown children
-and six grandchildren.

He got serious about his hobby of
mountain climbing when he estab-
lished the Novth Shore Search and
Rescue Team in 1965. He is justifi-

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your services as a bus guide.
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and tell them which

time during the Games in
bruary, but you love a good party,
can help the Cultural and Special
Events directorate thank all the volun-

ably proud of its success.

“It's probably. one of the better res-
cue teams in Canada. It's well-
respected certainly, in the intemation-
al scene.”

The team remains a focal point in
his life and he continues to participate
in rescues, undaunted by the physical
and emotional demands.

“It keeps me young. When you're
on the team don’t care about
how old you are, or the color of your
hair. Can you keep up? Can you do
the job? If you can’t, get out.” .

's an example of his determination
that not even the memory of past
injuries will keep him from participat-
ing in rescues. In one incident, during
a rescue on Mt. Rabson, Brewer reset
his own broken leg with the help of a
doctor.

“He gave me enough pills to chew
down that | could get through it, and
then he said “Get walking, because

* there's nothing we can do for you

here.”

Somewhere between the time he
spends with the rescue team and that
serving as Vice-chairman of the North
Shore Credit Union Board of
Directors, Brewer has been able to
develop the concept of the North

North Vancouver

teers when the events - are
finished. The directorate needs peo-
ple. to help set-up, work

. the coat check, and clean up at the .

Volunteer Appreciation party. -
“Volunteering is a great opportunity

rs meet people and get involved,” said

Watson. “Everyone will be working
together and having fun.” _..--
Asa B.C. Winter Games volunteer,

you will get to know your neighbours

and be involved with the youth of
British Columbia. -

if you are interested in voluntiering os

please call 981-1996, You‘ can also
Pick up.a volunteer registration fonn

any Nosth Vancouver recCentre, or _
deat from the B.C. Winter Games,

office at:
#207 - 123 East 15th.

Vancouver.

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confident that his appeal for volun-
teers through the schools will -be suc-

. cessful. He has strong feelings about

the power of youth. °
“Give them opportunities, because
when you give them opportunities, it’s
quite amazing what they'll do."
Brewer hopes to see more than just

the young people helping out, though. :

“I believe that each one of.us has a
responsibility to put something into
the community.”

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