Tin Tin Out

On another glorious sunny day a collection of GoodGym runners assembled from different boroughs to lift, sort, weigh and stack over a ton of donations at a food bank in Primrose Hill.

Weekend missions are a great way to meet GoodGym runners from other boroughs. It was pleasing to meet and greet representatives from Brent, Camden, Islington, Tower Hamlets and Westminster.

Congratulations to Claire for her fiftieth good deed.

We all gathered at the church where food donations were delivered. Adrienne, the food bank coordinator, gave us all a briefing and we were off.

We unloaded a van, weighed crates and sorted the tins, cans and boxes into broad categories: drinks, milk, beans, rice and cereal etc. This was mostly simple but some things didn't seem to belong to a crate. Where to put Ryvita? Biscuits or treats or can we start a new category alongside a lonely pack of cream crackers?

Sorting sorted it was then all about lifting and stacking the crates in safe piles.

The power of GoodGym in numbers meant that the deed was done well within an hour. This gave Adrienne plenty of time to thank us for our hard work, distribute some large pitta breads that wouldn't last much beyond the weekend then explain how food banks help ordinary people and shared a touching real life story.