OK, so I admit that I realised that Claire does not match the average age profile of our volunteers... 😊 Like a breath of fresh air, Claire joined our team at the Wheelchair Project shed only recently. So what motivates a young woman to work on the conversion of old bicycles to wheelchairs?“I migrated from Canada to Australia in 2017” she said, “and I just wanted to take a break from my work as a physiotherapist.” So she noticed our advertisement and decided that this would be truly different.
So what does she do when not pulling bicycles apart or moulding plastic chairs to fit the wheelchairs? She plays squash, she goes snowboarding (not on the Gold Coast though...), she reads authors such as Terry Pratchett (yes, too high up the food chain for me) and Tolkien (Lord of the Rings), or listens to music such as Jack Johnson or James Taylor. Her short to medium term goal is a change in career, perhaps in Emergency Services, Ambulance Officer or similar.
Her life philosophy: “Si ventus desit reniga” (When the wind does not blow, row!)
Welcome to the Surfers Sunrise Project Team!