Not only were James & Linda the only Good Gym sign ups for the Frenford Food Bank pick and pack morning, we were the only volunteers on site for quite a while.

It was a relief to see that our Sam had made a last minute decision to join us for the second half and between the three of us we got a good number of packages prepared before the first drivers arrived. We then had an influx of Frenford late arrival packers and the place was all at once bustling with helpers dancing around each other rushing to get the job done.

As always it all came together in the end and we left tired but satisfied that the job had got done.

So busy we forgot to take photos so like the title says you will just have "Picture This" 😁

40 odd client packages needed to be made, and everyone got stuck on as soon as they arrived. Linda arrived a lot earlier, mostly as she is partly running the foodbank and very keen. With some help from other helpers we got done in just under 2 hours. Just goes to show that many hands make light work

We know how to make the most of a mission session at Good Gym Redbridge. Four of us met at Valentines for the cycle commute to Frenford Food Bank but before that energetic Helene and James did Valentines Park Run while Linda and AJ volunteered to marshal. After the race we had a lovely all too brief visit from former Redbridge GG member Dharmesh who was back in town to visit family. As we had confirmation that two of the others were meeting at task and there was no sign of anyone else we then set off with our donations for a pleasant 2km cycle to Frenford where we teamed up with Mike and Ali.

A huge welcome to Ali who was on his first GG mission and soon got the hang of things and got stuck in to the job.

We arrived to find the local Scouts making a delivery and a large supermarket delivery already in situ. Seeing a job needing doing we rolled up our sleeves and got on with the unpacking. James was not impressed at finding a leaky jar of hot dog sausages as you can see from the photo 😂 and there was a slight altercation with an escapee jar of Honey but apart from that everything got packed away pretty smoothly with our usual affable team spirit. Nice one people 😁