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4 GoodGymers made their way to help the British Heart Foundation in Bristol.

  • Bristol runner
  • Shona Buchanan
  • Kate H
  • Jason Thorne
 
Saturday, 3rd of September 2022
 
Led by Shona Buchanan

The British Heart Foundation in Broadmead received more than 6,000 bags of donations from the students leaving Bristol at the start of the summer. Unsurprisingly, they are still sorting them!

We arrived to donate some human power this Saturday morning. We were greeted with 7 floor to ceiling metal crates filled with bags of donations. Our task? To go through as many of them as we could and decide whether it was sellable or for recycling.

It was a treasure trove of finds, with several witch outfits, several Harry Potter outfits and memorabilia, and who could forget the dentist polo neck?! Of course, there were lots of great donations as well, which will hopefully raise some much needed funds for the BHF.

Two hours later, we had hammered through six of the crates! We were pleased with that and headed home, much dustier than when we arrived and having gained a few items we just had to buy.

Until next time!

Report written by Shona Buchanan


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Bristol runner
Bristol runner
Saturday September 3rd, 2022 19:53

I’m trying to forget the dentist polo neck 😂

Jason Thorne
Jason Thorne
Saturday September 3rd, 2022 20:40

Tooth luck you can’t,

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