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Another Half-Baked(Bean) Pun

3 GoodGymers made their way to help the Portsmouth Foodbank in Portsmouth.

  • Portsmouth runner
  • Maxine VSG
  • Catherine
 
Saturday, 7th of March 2020
 
Led by Maxine VSG

Apologies for the terrible pun, but could not get the amount of baked beans donated out of my head!

Apart from the baked beans, we gathered a lot of; tinned fruit and other veg, tinned meats, a ton of long life milk - including soy varieties, and lots of breakfast & biscuit goodies! One person commented along side their masses of tea donated, that every one should be able to have a cuppa tea!

We also managed to find some pasta! The Coronavirus scare seemed to have wiped out the big bags and standard pastas, but people found & donated whole wheat and mixed pastas even though they were a bit pricier!

But I don't have any food yet?

The 1-3pm slot was busy with some adorable children handing us cans, incredibly generous people (donating full bags of life) and some really confused customers. There was a lot of people commenting they had no food yet to donate, clearly not understanding we were suggesting it for their upcoming shop! However Vicky & Catherine were all smiles and happy to clarify any misunderstandings :)

The 2 hours quickly flew by thanks to fun company and the wonderful feeling of people's generosity - with a total of 20 crates filled by 3pm!

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