Zainab, Abdullah, Mohammed and I oreoared by peeling begetables: more than 37kg of potatoes, 12 kg of carrots, and Brussel ls Soriuts and 10kg of parsnips at Hockwell Community Centre, in preparation for tomorrow's Christmas Dinner. .We really enjoyed working today with our amazing GoodGym heroes. We didn't even notice the time passing until the task was finished - it was a beautiful day 

Four Goodgymers joined Foodcycle Hightown Baptist church

This evening we served 45 guests plus takeaways . It was great team work and effort from everyone as always- food collection team, cooking team, hosting team , pot washer , host and helpers/project leaders ❤️ Last dinner of the year was amazing Christmas feast

Thank you everyone for making people around happy 😊

Merry Christmas and happy new year! Lots of love , good health, happiness and joy to everyone 🎄❄️❤️

On today’s menu was: Starter Broccoli 🥦 cabbage and cheddar soup Main Roast Quorn , pups in blankets , roasties, stuffing , cauliflower cheese 🧀, sprouts , carrots 🥕, parsnips

Dessert Mince pies 🥧, custard 🎅

Another prepared more than 140 meals, 140 desserts, and drinks today for a Christmas lunch. The atmosphere was full of love, joy, and happiness as we spent this special time with the elderly residents at Futures House 🎄❤️.

It was a beautiful day, and we enjoyed it very much. Abdulrahman

The team assembled early to decorate the hall, lay the tables and help cook Christmas Dinner. When the guests arrived they were then even busier making sure people had drinks and serving the food for the three course meal. As the entertainment started they made sure the tables were cleared and and the washing up was done. And finally, as the last guest left, they packed up the hall, took down the decorations and took all the rubbish out to the dust bins. it was a long day day and our hard work was really appreciated by the guests and organisers. Well done team.

We had a large team of GoodGymers out on Friday evening for a mammoth vegetable pealing task. When we arrived at Hockwell Community Centre there were sacks of potatoes, large next of sprouts, huge bags of parsnips, carrots and a lot of leeks. And so our task began. We donned our festive hats, and Gill soon had some festive tunes playing through her speaker.

Lots of us got stuck into the carrots and parsnips, while Danny and Mohammed were tasked with a large bag of sprouts. But these were the tiniest of sprouts and they soon tired of this fiddly task, and joined the rest of the team, rooting out the root vegetables. Gill provided some well desrved chocolates and it was great to wish Zainab a happy birthday - what a way to spend your birthday prepping veg for 120 people!

It didn't take us too long, but Vera, the task owner was clearly worried that the sprouts wouldn't get done, and Gill suddenly burst into song to get Danny back on the task, "Oh Danny boy, the sprouts, the sprouts are calling, From over there, please do them and don't hide!". Danny thought this was very amusing to have a song named after him, as he hadn't heard this classic before. And fortunately it was enough to get him re-started on the sprout marathon, and we all joined in to ensure we got them all "crossed off" the list.

Three Goodgymers helped out at Luton Wardown parkrun this week, contributing a full 50% of the set up crew (if we don't count our canine conmpanion). On a frosty morning some of us dressed for the conditions and one of us very much did not...

All done with super efficiency, setting the scene for a great run by over 270 parkrunners. Back again next month!

A big shout out to all goodgymers present today to show support at the cafe.