Hangering out at the BHF

12 GoodGymers made their way 5.0km to help the British Heart Foundation in Kingston upon Thames.

  • Rachel White
  • Tom Peacock
  • York runner
  • Petra Stockelmayerova
  • Claire Dunne
  • Jennie Fountain
  • Sati
  • Jana
  • Emma Crowe
  • Kingston upon Thames runner
  • Hanna K
  • Pooria Masoumzad
 
Tuesday, 17th of October 2023
 
Led by Rachel White

If we thought we might have been tricked when finding out that the British Heart Foundation were short of Halloween stock to create a window display for our planned task - they had another treat for us instead.

The charity has dozens of packages on their lower floor donated by the likes of Amazon and Apple and we were asked to open, sort through, and hang as many as possible on rails so they can be offered for sale.

We split into two groups with Petra, Rachel, Jana, Hanna, Emma, Sati, Jennie and Nina arranging theirs in organised rows to rival those at Selfridges while Claire, Louise, Pooria and Tom found quite a mixture in their pile including a Cruella Deville costume, a jujitsu gi and one or two others more suitable for an, ahem, special occasion.

The best thing about visits to the BHF is there’s a different type of task whenever we come, plus hobnobs, a warm welcome and a huge amount of gratitude for helping out.

A big shout out to Sati, Hanna and Pooria on their first task. Welcome to GoodGym and thanks for all your help.

Report written by Tom Peacock


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Rachel White
Led by Rachel White

I am the area activator for Kingston Upon Thames. Keen to keep moving and improving.

GoodGymers helping out
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    Be in charge of writing the session report

    • Emma Crowe
    • Tom Peacock
  • Photographers

    Take photos for the session report

    • Emma Crowe
    • Petra Stockelmayerova
  • Walk Leader

    Lead a walking group to the task

    • Claire Dunne
  • Back marker

    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Emma Crowe

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