The last group run of the year was the first group run for Ezrik,Atsiba and Teklay. Welcome to the team guys!

This week's task took us to Azalea where Tracey awaited us with a heavyweight assignment:

Step 1: Detatch and remove the two tumble dryers attached to the top of the washing machines.

Step 2: Move the washing machines down the stairs and outside for waste collection.

Step 3: Bring in and install the new washing machines, replace the tumble dryers.

Side-tasks included moving several radiator covers from the top floor, down three flights of stairs to the basement and detatching a faulty TV from it's wall bracket.

After plenty of up-and-down and heave- ho-ing we got everything in its place and said farewell and Merry Christmas to Tracey as we headed out for a gentle run through the town centre on a tree tour to take in all the festive lights.

Finally, to round off the night, and the year of Group Runs, we headed to the Bricklayer's Arms for some drink and a toast to another good year of GoodGym Luton!

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.