Bristol

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Sand and deliver!

36 GoodGymers made their way 4.0km to help the Helpful Peeps in Bristol.

  • Bristol runner
  • Charlie
  • Christopher Lewis
  • David Schlaphorst
  • Steve Coman
  • Nick Baker
  • Chris Bennett
  • Bristol runner
  • Paul Becker
  • Richard Breakspear
  • Alice Whale
  • Bristol runner
  • Melanie Young
  • Rachel Davies
  • Tom Hill
  • Mair Smith
  • Vito Huang
  • Dan Lombard
  • Ian Armstrong
  • Caroline Thomas
  • Andrew Gardner
  • Jack Bradley
  • Nik Rieger
  • Alexis Wiseman
  • Natasha Bliss
  • Sarah
  • Emma
  • Olivia Young
  • Tom Jeffery
  • Tim
  • VaguelyNorthernDarren
  • Sophie Willoughby
  • Jessica Huzzey
  • Removed User
  • Jennifer Dickinson
  • Laura Alexandra Mann
 
Tuesday, 13th of February 2018
 
Led by Paul Becker
he/him

Tonight we were on a mission to spread the word about missions as most of us headed off to Victoria park to deliver GG mission leaflets to the surrounding houses. Hopefully this will mean more elderly people will learn about all the fabulous DBS-checked Goodgym volunteers ready and waiting to come and sort out their gardens or help with other manual tasks around the house.

Since we also still had a few leaflets left from promoting the Emmaus warehouse sale last week, we took the opportunity to drop the rest of those off as well so a double dose of good delivered already.

But we didn't stop there. A small team were also dispatched to Kuumba community centre to help out with some sanding. The Kuumba community centre in St Pauls runs a wide range of activities and events including live events and workshops where you can learn about African dance, music, drama and literature. The term 'Kuumba' is Swahili suggesting Creativity.

I was expecting our task to be a few upstairs doors, but it turned out to be the main stage. This is good news as Nwanyi had explained to me that the edges of the stage had become a little splintered and risked hurting the feet of some of the dancers who perform there.

Finally we all returned to Queen Square for some shuttle relay races, and a series of one-minute conditioning exercises led by Matt.

I'll be standing down as GG Bristol trainer in the next few weeks so have a think about whether you would like to take on the role. An email should be going out in the next few days explaining how you can go about applying - feel free to ask me if you have any questions about what's involved

Report written by Paul Becker


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