Things are starting to look up for the Jamaican bobsled team.

A group of twelve athletes is travelling through Canada and the United States to try and get a spot in the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea.

However, after competing at Canada Olympic Park on Saturday, the group’s van broke down before the team could get to Whistler, B.C. The team was also running low on food and money.

Fortunately, as the team’s social media manager Kathleen Pulito told 660 NEWS, a local businessman named David with Mobile Data Solutions quickly helped them out.

“He’s given us one of his vans to transport the athletes back and forth wherever we need to go at the track until Monday. But in addition, he’s setting us up, for free, some sort of Wi-Fi device that we can take in the van with us,” she said.

That only solved their problem until the next races begin on Monday in Whistler, but soon after hearing the news, Driving Force offered them transportation to get there.

There’s still more needed, most importantly food, to keep the athletes competitive.

“They need 3,000 calories a day so they can keep up their muscle and their speed and ultimate performance,” Pulito said.

They may have to resort to desperate measures, such as selling t-shirts like the 1988 team from ‘Cool Runnings’ fame had to do before the Calgary Winter Olympics.

But even with broken vehicles, a lack of money, and little food – the team remains in high spirits.

“They’re the most upbeat crowd, they have fun, they joke a lot, they’re just incredible people,” Pulito said.

There are a couple of ways to help. A Go Fund Me page has been set up to cover costs of the trip to B.C.

Or, people can visit the official fundraising page set up by the team.

After going to Whistler, and if they have enough money, the team will eventually be back in Calgary from December 12th to January 2nd, then travel to Park City, Utah and Lake Placid, New York.