CSSC member Lade Adanijo was one of the volunteers chosen to help model the new uniforms! Lade told us about his day:
"I was part of the group of 2012 volunteers who had been requested to launch the Games Maker uniform. We met the LOCOG press officer and PR team at the Olympic Park and went off to the Aquatics Centre to change. The excitement, enthusiasm and camaraderie we all shared could be felt. We had a little tour of where the pictures would be taken at The Olympic Stadium and I spotted 'Willow' - the Stadium Hawk! Apparently he has the role of ensuring birds do not nest in the venues while construction is ongoing. We watched him do his rounds and we all agreed he was a Games Maker too.
We walked through to the Olympic Park where we were met by the press and media. There was a lot of excitement as they all hustled to turn to see us. The cameras were flashing, videos were reeling and there were lots of comments from the media. Then it was time for the live interviews, which was daunting yet exciting. The LOCOG PR team did a great job in prepping us: "The questions will be about the uniform and how you feel. Just be natural, it will flow." And it did, luckily!
It was a good day, a humbling day. I have been a LOCOG volunteer since November 2010, training Selection Event Volunteers and interviewing for Games Makers. I had an interview shift later that day and it was surreal to see my picture displayed on the wall. I am still involved with interviews, which go on until March, and then I will be a Training Event Volunteer training Games Makers in the run up to the greatest show on Earth.
To me the legacy of this London 2012 Olympic Games, is not just the physical things that will have been used and we shall continue to see after the Games, but the memories, the involvement, the building of bonds, the regeneration of an area, the collective pulling together, the use of sustainability and recycling. The reminder to present and future generations of why we are called Great Britain, and to London the unifying mix of multi-cultural heritage we have always been proud of."
