Newcastle

Community mission

We get locked down, but we get up again!

3 GoodGymers made their way to help the East End Women in Newcastle.

  • Newcastle runner
  • Michael Wisely
  • Rachael Matilda
 
Thursday, 28th of May 2020
 
Led by Removed User

Today was our second day at Building Futures, a brilliant charity who launched an emergency food bank project to deliver food and hygiene parcels to households in Walker. Today's task was to finish off the fantastic work that Katy and Richard started yesterday in packing food parcels for those families facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Louise, Michael and I got straight to work in packing the remaining bags ready to be delivered later today. Each bag contained a variety of basic and non-perishable goods such as cereal, pasta, canned goods, soups, bread as well as some sweet treats and a copy of The Lockdown Gazette. Soon enough, all of the bags were full to the brim and ready to be delivered!

We then made a start on packing toiletries for families that had requested them. After a slight false start and a disagreement with some fragile paper bags, we had packed all of these additional bags with shampoo, conditioner, soaps, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant and moisturiser!

We had a fantastic morning with Building Futures (and with each other as it has been so long!) We're looking forward to future tasks with this brilliant charity and can't wait to be reunited with all of our wonderful friends from GoodGym!

Report written by Rachael Matilda


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