6 GoodGymers met at Carriers of Hope tonight – Georgia, Lucy, Lil, Marcelle, Frank and me. Great to see Marcelle again, and lovely to have Frank back after he’d turned up a night early by mistake (bless him 🙏).

We were greeted by Andrew, who got us set up for sorting, weighing, sealing and packing lentils. Last time we were weighing out flour and had a lot of fun – this time it was all about the pulses. There were different wonderful colours and types of lentils and rice to work with. We unloaded everything into boxes, measured it into bags, heat-sealed them and packed the bags into crates. Once we’d been given our various jobs we got stuck in a few minor mishaps with the heat sealer 😂 and quality control from Lil on making sure we sealed perfectly straight lol We managed a good few crates. No bean about it – a satisfying evening’s work!

We had a lovely walk and a chat as the sun set and even collected some chestnuts en route. Thanks Lil for the cookies!

Nine GoodGymers visited Carriers of Hope,

We joined Steph, Gloria, and Emmanuel to sort through heaps and heaps of donated toys into neat age groups. From dolls to diggers, board games to books – every donation a perfect gift, with some amazing fun toys for the children to choose from!

It was a great turnout, and everyone pitched in to organise and prepare everything, lightening the load for the Carriers of Hope crew. Good work, everyone! 🙌