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Mon 31st Oct 2022 at 6:00pm
Haringey Report written by Euclides Montes
5 Goodgymmers cast a spell on a very moody Halloween night as they helped the Noel Park Big Local put on a phantasmagorical extravaganza for the kids in the estate.
Ghoul Runnings
On a night with two good deeds up for grabs and an abundance of crappy weather for an outdoor task, our Goodgymmers exorcised any semblance of wailing from their demeanour and got on with their missions for the evening.
First up, Citrusy Alex and Hexy Rebecca joined plain old Gramps for good deed number one. With a rather dramatic storm brewing in the air and a shortage of troops due to a bad bout of pestilence among the Noel Park Big Local ranks, Lemony Snicket and Hexy Bexy were tasked with staffing not one but two of the stations along the Halloween trail in the estate. Tasks included handing out sweet treats, avoiding the diluvial elements, and stamping kids' paper maps in the middle of a flood. And reader, that they did. Our valiant two not only held the two forts with aplomb but once their task was done, with loads of leftover treats in their bags, they started the trick-or-treat in reverse challenge by going up to kids in the streets and filling up their bags with sweets. A very wholesome end to the first good deed of the evening that would take a rather more sinister turn later in the night at the hands of Batgym Girl. More on that later, perhaps.
Once they rejoined Gramps who had been manning the final station, it was time for good deed number two. Enter Sluggish Charlie and Batgym Niamh.
At the last station, it really truly was a scene worthy of George A. Romero as poor Gramps faced last chance saloon before the cavalry arrived. With a kids party originally planned for around 20 kids and at least three members of staff available to him, a solitary Gramps stopped counting after kid number 90 walked through the door. One after one they all kept pouring in, devouring sweet treats and displaying hands covered in stamps from the trail.
Luckily our four heroes came to the rescue. First one to shine was Hexy Bexy who took control of the hordes in a way that can only be described as Sexy. With the absolute calm of an experienced hunter, she first gained the trust of the soaked kids and led them in some prancing and dancing, before using some unknown spell to convince the parents to leave and head home with such a skill that they all left thinking departure was their own idea. It was a thing of beauty.
A now savaged community centre was quickly turned over by Batgym Girl, Sluggish Charlie, and Hexy Bexy while Gramps stood around, picking up the last bits of party detritus and his nerves off the floor.
In one last act of kindness, our Goodgymmers took a now discombobulated Gramps to a local watering hole, where they sat around the campfire feeding him beers and regaling him with stories of days gone past.
A good night was had by all (but one) 😅
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Mon 31st Oct 2022 at 6:00pm
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Rebecca run in seven different GoodGym areas.
Rebecca loves to wander. Rebecca has been to seven different GoodGym areas and seen the different cultures, etiquette and style of different trainers and met hundreds of people. Rebecca is a wanderer.
Sat 18th Sep 2021 at 10:00am
Thu 18th Jun 2020 at 1:00pm
Hackney Report written by Rebecca
Today's mission was in conjunction with Family Action who informed that the lovely Mrs M needed some assistance shopping.
Prepped with a pre sent shopping list I popped into the local Sainsbury's to get everything she needed before heading to her home.
The heavens opened on me on route but thankfully the shopping was protected (and I'm rather fond of rain!)
When I arrived Mrs M had created a designated drop off for me to unpack the shopping. As I did so she tried to apologise for the wet weather, but takes more than a little drizzle to dampen a Good Gymmers spirits!
We waved goodbye and I headed home to dry off.
Thu 18th Jun 2020 at 1:00pm
Fri 29th May 2020 at 3:46pm
Haringey Report written by Rebecca
Like thousands of others across the country I signed up to be an NHS volunteer responder as soon as the goverment announced the iniative. Thanks to being a GoodGymmer by application was processed quickly and I set my app to 'On Call'
900 Hours Later
I got my first siren alert requesting assistant with a call and check in. At first Mrs M was confused as to who I was, why I was ringing and how I got her number. However once she sat down and I started talking at a human pace (instead of my ususal hywired radio speed) she recalled her GP had reffered her to the service. Having been self shielding since January Mrs M was grateful to have some who could listen to her concerns in this stressful time. I explained that she would have calls from various volunteers in a weekly basis and gave her some helpline numbers if she ever required immedate assistance.
After an hour we said our goodbyes with Mrs M feeling more postive about everything thanks to reasurrance that she'd be having regular check ins.
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