Enthusiastic volunteers at the Uniiform and Accreditation Centre in Vancouver. Volunteers started picking up their accreditation and uniforms today for the 2010 Olympic Games.Photograph by: Ian Smith, Vancouver SunThe Vancouver 2010 Olympic Uniform and Accreditation Centre officially opened Monday at the PNE Forum — dispersing credentials and distinctive Wave Blue uniforms to five Games volunteers.
The 44,000-square-foot facility will eventually distribute 25,000 Olympic and Paralympic uniforms, with another 5,000 to be distributed at a similar centre in Whistler
The six-piece uniforms include a jacket, vest, two long-sleeve shirts, a toque and pants. Vancouver area volunteers get "city pants" while Whistler volunteers receive thicker insulated "mountain pants" to cope with colder weather.
The tops of the uniforms are an aquamarine-type "Wave Blue" colour while the pants are a darker navy or "Deep Sea Blue."
Volunteers get to keep the uniforms, which are worth between $700 and $800 each as it cost more than $20 million for 34,000 uniforms sized from extra small to extra large.
Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee vice-president of workforce operations Allen Vansen said Vanoc has received more than 75,000 applications so far for about 25,000 volunteer positions. Applications have come from more than 130 countries but about 90 per cent are from Canadians, with most coming from B.C.
Vansen said most positions have been filled but Vanoc is still looking for volunteers who can drive or be transportation attendants and for people who live in the Sea-to-Sky corridor.
Vancouver education administrator Larry Hoe, who received his credentials and uniform today, said he's thrilled at the prospect of working during the Games. He will drive vans carrying athletes, officials and VIPs from venue to venue during the Olympics.
"It's such a huge global event and to be a part of it is just exciting," he said. "I'm really looking forward to meeting people from other countries and learning about their culture."
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