Today, I volunteer as a parkwalker at South Norwood Country park.

Today, I volunteer as a parkwalker at South Norwood parkrun.

Today, I volunteered at South Norwood Park 5km parkrun as a park walker, the rain stopped during the run/walk, which was a relief ☔️☔️☔️. Also three Croydon Good Gymers also ran, Nikkie, Ian and Ollie.

The first task for today was to label and hang lots of children's summer clothes. The team worked quickly and the box was soon empty. The refugee children will have some lighter clothing to wear in this hot weather.

The final task was to wheel the racks of clothes into the store cupboard. This was also quickly completed.

Well done team!

Brenda, Ros and Ingrid met Refugee Day Centre volunteer Simon for another evening sorting the donations. We tidied up the clothing on the rails, removing empty hangers and ensuring everything was facing the same way.

We finished by moving the rails into the storage room. As there were only three of us, this was quite a task, and we all felt we had a good workout, especially for our arms!

We said our goodbyes and wished Simon a Happy Easter, as the next session will be on Tuesday 22nd April. Thank you to Brenda for tonight's pun and photos.

Ian, Hannah, Ruro, Shelley and Ingrid welcomed Jenna and Natasha for their first GoodGym session. Ruro's mum, a keen gardener, also joined us. It was a beautiful day at Coombe Wood Gardens and Pam welcomed us along with her group of volunteers.

We were split into groups to tackle the various tasks which included working in the vegetable garden to clear nettles, plant potatoes and install fencing to prevent deer eating the produce. In the main garden, a section of bedding was tidied up and mulched.

Pam then gave us an informative session on propagation including repotting Begonia seedlings, taking cuttings and sowing sunflowers.