The 100 club!

The runners met at Homebase for a short 2.5km route around the town before meeting the walking group and other GoodGymmers at the task location to continue sorting through the mountain of donations. Our task owner suddenly realised she had left the black bags in her garage so we needed a Lidl help from the closest supermarket and Apple Pay since we had no cash!

The group worked hard for an hour and sorted another 43 bags. Go team!! We then stopped to celebrate 2 epic milestones, the first two Windsor & Maidenhead members (other than our Skipper Amy of course), to have reached 100 good deeds and graduated to "angel wing" status.

Sadly Amy was too unwell to join us but she made sure we celebrated in style by making medals for our 2 heroines, providing angel wings and writing a fabulous poem which she recited via FaceTime:

Sheila and Jess, true Taskforce heroes! Now both count their good deeds with a 1 and two zeroes.

Jess has been with us right from the start, She practically has GoodGym tattooed on her heart. No matter the weather, she does good deeds, And has even been known to speak to the weeds.

Sawing, digging, or plogging, she always works hard, And did you know she makes a super cross-stitch card? She’s always game for a pancake toss, And when it comes to sorting puzzles, she’s the boss.

If you need someone in goal, she’s number one, But footie can be dangerous – just look at her thumb! We all know she is a keen parkrunner, But it clashes with coaching – it’s such a bummer!

Jess, we are lucky to have you among us, And I’m sorry I forgot about your allergy to citrus. I always have fun with you on my team, Jess you’re the cream of the GoodGym cream.

Now Sheila actually just joined us in May, ‘Was it really that recently?’ I hear you say. Yes, Sheila the legend is relatively new, But she’s planted more trees than me or you.

From vaccination clinics to the waterway, Sheila often does good twice in a day. In January she did more than Westminster or Crewe, And all that with an injured foot in her shoe!

She’s handy with a broom, secateurs or a rake, And for her fiftieth good deed she even baked her own cake. I bet she would also be handy with a spanner, And did you see her bunting and her GoodGym banner?

For GoodGym she’ll cycle over 20 kilometre, And she’s responsible for recruiting the lovely Anita. Sheila, though we have to share you with the netball crowd, You’re a true a star and you should be proud.

Sheila and Jess are amazing, make no mistake. Now I’ll shut up and we can all eat cake!

Georgeta and Tara baked some delicious treats and Sophie bought the bubbles! Jess and Sheila you are both legends!

The group then made their way home and we will return again to continue helping this wonderful charity and to work off the large intake of calories consumed!