I arrived to lead tonight's session to find that only one other GoodGymer had signed up...my husband.

After a thorough run and safety briefing, we walk/ran through the park to the CHESS homeless shelter, where their garden was in need of a tidy. They asked us to de-cobweb and clean the front door and porch, and weed and sweep the garden.

Head Gardener Walker weeded the path and trimmed the edges, while Undergardener Walker cleaned the front door and swept up all the mess I made with the leaves. Many snails were moved to safety during this process.

We filled three bags with garden waste and left the place looking tidy and pretty.

As it was just us, and as we live round the corner, we didn't run back, we just went home to microwave a post-task dinner 💪

After arriving slightly early to discuss a good meeting point and whether the parking restrictions on First Ave had changed in the last 6 years, Fay and I headed over to meet Laurie and help carry the huge stack of leaflets back.

We greeted Jane, Andy and Martin and said cheerio to Fay as she left to drive the leaflets over. The rest of us had a steady pace over to Melbourne, during which I led not just the run but a good old moaning session about how hectic life is! Thankfully, Laurie and Jane agreed and were happy to join in, while Martin and Andy luckily escaped with their own conversation!

We met Fay and proceeded to deliver all the leaflets while only getting slightly confused about which roads we had already walked down and all commenting that we had never seen so many cats in one area!

Martin and Fay bid us farewell, while the remaining 4 delivered the last few leaflets on the way home. Thanks everyone!

Jen

This was a nice leisurely community mission to do over your own time. Bonus points to Sallyann for going to the originally planned little library, Jen for her wonderful assistants, and Jane for managing not to return home with 8746 extra books!

Don't forget its the National Year of Reading and any attempts to increase the amount of enjoyment people get from reading should be commended!

Might list a few more of these type of missions too.