Ohhhh it was a cold one!! Although the snow and ice may have been clearing it felt particularly chilly this Sunday as Lindsay, Rachel, Caroline and myself waited outside the back of the Tescos for our weekly food drop with The Little Edi Foundation. As we’re becoming such regulars with them, Celia gave us our own lanyards for the task so the families know who we are.

Unfortunately there wasn’t a great deal of food this week but there was a whole pallet of celery. Some of it went to the families but knowing they probably won’t be able to use all of it and to prevent waste a lot of it will be going to Sanctus to be turned into meals for some of the homeless and vulnerable people around Chelmsford.

Thanks to everyone for helping out this week!

The falling snow didn’t stop 5 GoodGym runners from getting outdoors and meeting up for our regular food parcel delivery from Tescos late on a cold Sunday afternoon. Thankfully by the time we got to the task the snow had pretty much stopped and hadn’t settled. It was great to see Lindsay back for her second task and Pam was back for her second week in a row, along with regulars David and Laurie. We met up with Celia from the Little Edi Foundation and waited patiently to see what goodies Tesco might be giving us this week.

Now we never know how much or what we will be given, other than bread which seems to be guaranteed. But even so, I don’t think any of us were expecting the Aladdin’s cave we were presented with. Tescos were clearly having a bit of a clear out of stock and we were given board games, colouring pens and books, suncream, nappies, toys and plenty of soap among many other strange and wonderful finds such as Pyrex dishes, electric toothbrushes, engine oil, batteries, cushions and protein powder along with the usual perishable food items such as bread and sandwiches.

We packed up 12 bags which we delivered promptly to families in need around Chelmsford and also helped get some of the stranger, less perishable items to the charities base to be distributed at another time.

Great work everyone; hopefully see you all again shortly!

For what is now our usual Sunday afternoon task with the Little Edi Foundation we welcomed Lindsay for her very first GoodGym session. I hope you enjoyed it Lindsay and look forward to seeing you at further sessions in the future!!

Pam was back for her second task with us and Rachel and Isabelle clearly enjoyed last week so much they were back for the second week on the trot!!

It’s fair to say there wasn’t as much food this week as there has been recently but after waiting for a little while and having a little chin wag the Tesco gates opened and lots of bread was given to us (hence the pun….. I’m sorry).

Everyone managed to get one bag packed and delivered to a family in need in Chelmsford. Well done everyone!! Hopefully there will be a bit more food next week so we can make a few more deliveries.

As a nice little send off, if you pop into the Tesco’s you can now find a lovely poster featuring some familiar faces from last week’s task by the exit!! Local celebrities indeed!!