First and Foremost a special mention to Holly, Caroline and Ben who braved the snow and either walked or used public transport to get to the task today (and still got there before me) - Well done Troopers!

As expected the amount of donations have significantly reduced since Christmas, however thankfully the foodbank is still quite well stocked (for now).

Pun is courtesy of Ben

As there wasn't many new donations we started organising the food into dates and restocking the stock rooms.

With everyone's efforts and great teamwork we managed to clear almost everything by 7.45pm and left the task a little earlier than usual.

For those who have done this task before.. I bet you've never seen the room so tidy (please see pics).

Before we left eagle-eyed Ben spotted a bottle of something that had handwritten 'Not fit for human consumption' warning on it.. can anyone help us work out what it is?

Tonight, 3 GoodGymer's combined with volunteers from Birmingham Central Foodbank to sort through a large amount of donations ahead of Christmas.

Upon arrival, we were pleased to see that people had been generously donating food items (and other items including toiletries and toys) ahead of Christmas. This also meant that we were super busy tonight (so much so I forgot to get photos of us in action).

We all combined together really well to weigh, sort, date and then sub-sort the donated items. In particular, Louise did a great job in the main storage room, ensuring everything was super organised, whilst Caroline speedily sorted and dated items.

It was a busy and fun shift which flew by. As there was a bottle or prosecco donated, I thought it apt to say we all put the 'pro' in prosecco tonight.

Tis the season for donations.. and we love it!

Leon from the foodbank contacted John earlier to say they had received another large delivery so could do with some extra hands to help sort it.. Goodgym to the rescue!

Ben and Myself started weighing the various deliveries whilst Kathryn , Caroline and the other volunteers were sorting and dating the donations.

There seemed to be alot of biscuits in the deliveries today, hence the pun.

After all the weighing had been done, myself and Ben had a chance to have a quick chat with Kathryn and Caroline who had only recently joined Goodgym.

Go and give them a cheer!

We processed a total of 1227.85kg of essential items during todays shift, which will help many many families over this festive period.

Well done all!