Several Goodgymers assisted VGCC at their foodbank on Friday 20th March, including sorting, packing and serving the local communities.

Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre serves around 80–120 families and individuals in crisis every Friday with short-term food support. It was an absolute GoodGym takeover today, with 6 GoodGymers giving it their all during a marathon 6-hour shift: three hours of prep (9–12 pm) followed by three hours of full-on distribution (12–3 pm).

Our three seasoned GoodGym vets – Brenda, Chandrima and Susan – enthusiastically led the charge, joined by three fantastic newbies: Ayan, Aysha and Rafa. A very warm welcome guys!

Together they left no stone (or spud) unturned: every single crate was meticulously quality checked before crate-mixing mountains of veg including parsnips, potatoes, broccoli, cabbages, red onions and carrots. They also put serious muscles to use lifting, unloading and sorting heavy crates full of cereal, pasta, rice, vermicelli noodles, loads of frozen meats (chicken, pork, beef), cans of fizzy drinks, mixed beans, snacks - crisps, flapjacks & buns, and bottles of various pasta sauces. Once the eye-catching fruit, veg, meat and snacks display was ready, all 6 got busy with distribution, greeting everyone with big smiles and making sure each person left with both a full bag and a full smile!

True to their hardcore engineer roots, the newbies crew even squeezed in some AI chat, sharing fun ideas about how it will change things for the better. And honestly, after today’s session, it feels like the future’s in pretty good hands.

We’re already looking forward to seeing our brilliant newbies back for many more Friday sessions!

It was a good day, even though there weren't many donations this week, but everyone was able to take some food home.

Today two goodgymers assisted the VGCC foodbank volunteers prepare for the foodbank service on Friday from 12pm to 2pm, by cutting up vegetables as well as unloading and sorting food deliveries.

Today I assisted the Vauxhall Gardens Comm-Unity Centre foodbank in serving Lambeth residents who were very appreciative

Today we had 3 goodgymers, one of us has completed over 100 deeds, another over 50 deeds and one doing their first ever deed. Wow. We all helped the volunteer team at Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre prepare for tomorrows foodbank. Amazing teamwork.