Rachel White

GoodGym Kingston upon Thames

Kingston upon ThamesGroup run
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Sabir Babaiy Majdar
Claire Dunne
Tom Peacock
Rachel White
Dave White

The Grime-to-Glory Gauntlet: From Van-tastic Hygiene to What is That?!

Tuesday 17th March

Written by Anna (she/her)

We had a whopping number of 13 Goodgymers cleaning out the KVA’s Surplus to Supper Hub so we split up into three groups.

Group 1 had John, Tom, Saber and Dave who washed the van and cleaned out the industrial fridge. Firstly, John, Tom and Dave sponged it down with warm soapy water and then Saber put his shooting skills to the test with the pressure washer. Then, they attempted to clean the fridge by taking all the crates out so the floor was clear and ready to be washed. However, they realised the hose was too short and couldn't reach inside! Oh no, better luck next time guys! This still made a great workout with all the washing and lifting! 💪

Next, we had group 2 with Emily, Amy W and Marcos cleaning the kitchen. Making sure the sink area and cooking equipment were all sanitised down, wiped and moped the floor until sparkling clean and mud-free!

Lastly, we had group 3 with the slightly hardest job of the night… Louise, Claire, Luke, Anna, Jonathan and Rachel were entrusted to reducing, sorting and moving crates of non-edible items (e.g beauty products, mother and baby small items, clothes and event decorations) to a small pantry cupboard. It was very much like playing a few rounds of Tetris!

Aside from that, we all finished the tasks that we set up to do. Great job everyone, see you all next time!

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Kingston upon ThamesCommunity mission
Farzeen Huq
Anna
Rachael Green
StephDucat
Harvey Gallagher

What's the crinkly plastic cost

Sunday 15th March

Written by Kingston upon Thames runner

Goodgymers from several areas counted and logged their use of hard and soft plastic, ready to be added and used to the survey. This is to see how our environment is impacted.

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Kingston upon ThamesCommunity mission

Run like mad

Sunday 15th March

Written by Kingston upon Thames runner

This morning I arrived to help Marshall this popular event.

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Kingston upon ThamesCommunity mission
Anna
Bea Erdelyszky
Jade
Cecilia D🍀
Harvey Gallagher
Matthew Stuart

Every little bit helps

Friday 13th March

Written by Kingston upon Thames runner

Goodgymers from several different areas did their bit helping the environment by joining in with this event.

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Kingston upon ThamesCommunity mission
Sabir Babaiy Majdar
Claire Dunne
Levita Figueiredo

Spring has Sprung

Saturday 14th March

Written by Claire Dunne

On a beautiful Spring morning Levita, Sabir and Claire met in Canbury Gardens where the GoodGym flowerbed had sprung into Spring. It was full of daffodils, hyacinths and tulips. However some were a little hidden under the mountains of leaves and shrubs. Sabir got to work pruning all the salvias whilst Levita and Claire pick up piles of leaves. For a smallish flowered we cleared a lot of green waste.

Just over an hour later the flowers shone brightly in the Sun and after a quick photo shoot we headed our separate ways to enjoy the weekend.

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Kingston upon ThamesGroup run
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Marcos Castro
Jade
Sabir Babaiy Majdar
Rachel White
Dave White

We're on a roll

Tuesday 10th March

Written by Jade

Tonight’s group session saw us return to the Full Cycle Bicycle Project to work through a varied to-do list. The main job was tackling a mountain of inner tube rolling - it's been a while since we have been here it seems! There was also packing up tyres for collection.

The team didn't stop there; we were busy cleaning and labelling bikes, re-colour-coding tools on the workbenches, and even scrubbed a stack of filthy drawers to make them fit for glove storage.

A great session, well done everyone and welcome to John - we hope to see you again soon.

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