Islington

Mission

We're glad that's sofa!

4 GoodGymers made their way to help an isolated older person in Islington.

  • Nicky Dunlop
  • Latoya Stephens
  • Abi Perrin
  • Melanie Armstrong
 
Thursday, 28th of February 2019
Here's what Ms M of N1 had to say about the mission:

"I couldn't have wished for a nicer bunch of people! Thanks you!"

Ms M of N1, mission beneficiary

Ms M's large, heavy sofa needed moving out of her top floor flat and down several flights of stairs to make way for a hospital bed to be delivered just an hour later. We had been informed that some "strong men" had struggled getting it into the flat in the first place, so this was a good incentive for the four of us (Nicky, Melanie, Latoya and Abi) to make it look as easy as possible. It was a difficult logistical challenge, involving climbing, crawling , and squeezing into some uncomfortably tight spaces but we got the sofa outside to be collected without any drama. The whole team demonstrated some impressive lifting and maneuvering skills helped in no small way by Latoya's unrivaled spatial awareness. A particularly great effort for both Nicky and Melanie's first mission. After some very warm words of thanks from Ms M we went on our (rainy) ways, leaving the lounge ready for the bed's imminent arrival .

Report written by Abi Perrin


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Alix Guerber
Alix Guerber
Thursday February 28th, 2019 14:32

Awesome work ladies, and brilliant first mission for Nicky and Melanie!

Melanie Armstrong
Melanie Armstrong
Thursday February 28th, 2019 15:48

Thank you Nicky, Latoya and Abi, enjoyable first mission despite out finding I have poor spatial awareness and struggled to think what 180 degrees was!!!

Melanie Armstrong
Melanie Armstrong
Thursday February 28th, 2019 15:52

Finding out not out finding! cant even string a sentence together!! haha

Latoya Stephens
Latoya Stephens
Friday March 1st, 2019 10:53

We did well πŸ‘ŠπŸΎπŸ‘ŠπŸΎ. I think I might still be sweating 🀣🀣

Nicky Dunlop
Nicky Dunlop
Friday March 1st, 2019 17:33

It was a great first mission, thanks to everyone for making it an enjoyable one! And Ms M melted my heart with her kind comments at the end :)

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