The YMCA branch in downtown Peterborough now has a new aquatics wheelchair thanks to a donation from the Rotary Club of Peterborough-Kawartha.
The YMCA of Central East Ontario has used the donation to purchase a specialized aquatics wheelchair for the swimming pools at its Balsillie Family Branch at 123 Aylmer Street South.
The wheelchair will allow YMCA members and guests who have mobility issues to enter the pools more easily.
“Our members who are users of a chair can have some comfort in ways of entering the pool,” says YMCA aquatics supervisor Shannon Hunter in a media release.
“This chair is great for adults and children. The old chair was not fit for use anymore and we are so thankful that people can still enter our lap pool and therapy pool.”
Members can need the aquatics wheelchair can ask the guard on duty to get it for them. If there is not a guard available, staff will direct the member to get it themselves.
