Lieutenant-Governor David Only and Variety Village CEO John Wilson
By Mike McCann
Variety Village was a busy place last week!
On Thursday October 18th, Variety Village held a corporate luncheon at Arcadian Court honouring Ontario’s Lieutenant-Governor, David Onley.
Along with Toronto’s corporate community there were many Paralympians in attendance, with some sporting well-earned hardware.
Gold medalists on hand
Tyler Miller and Brandon Wagner are members of Canada’s National Wheelchair Basketball team and here they are showing their gold medals.
Paralympians Tyler Miller (left) and Brandon Wagner
It was a real pleasure to meet these men and I know we all proud of their winning performance.
I talked with them and they are ready to defend their top podium finish in four year’s time at the next Paralympic Games in Rio.
Lieutenant-Governor Games
On Friday Variety Village celebrated the The 28th Annual Lieutenant-Governor Games.
This yearly event is open to all physically and cognitively disabled children who compete in a number games set up in the Field House.
Every participant is a awarded a medal for putting in an outstanding personal effort.
A photo-op with Abdi Dini
The games were a great opportunity for many to have their picture taken with Abdi Dini who’s a guard on our Canada’s Wheelchair Basketball team.
Among those in attendance was Scarborough Southwest MP Dan Harris who was able to come down from Ottawa to attend the games.
