The trio Libi, Melissa and Steph Ducat stayed to clean the kitchen and service area. They were joined by Katarina and Jp shortly joined by Rainu - wow 6 Goodgymers on the cleaning shift. The cleaning was done in a blink of an eye - super heroes!!The whole area was spotless and Arul was impressed with the smell that came out of Jp bucket when cleaning the floor - secret cleaning recipe?

Happy Easter All.

Lunch time and it was time to rock and roll in the kitchen and service area. Melissa and Steph Ducat were in the kitchen to serve food and they were joined byLibi who decided to stay and help. The trio platted the dishes before they were handed to the service crew where Jacquie was handing over the food to hungry customers. As good Friday, it was a fishy day : Salmon with lemon served with potatoes and green beans or stuffed peppers with the veggies on the side.Then came cake with hand made cream.Something fishy in the air but the customers loved it. The team served food and started cleaning pots and pans to avoid stating behind with all dirty pots. Some take away dishes were provided once everyone had been feed.

All customers and volunteers received Easter eggs - Happy Easter all.

Not your normal Friday at the ESK Hub : Good Friday indeed. Means a Frdiay with a twist. No grocery bags, no clothing section, no showers but instead you still had the bingo, the tea and coffee service and a choir session to celebrate Easter. A first at ESK for both Libi who was on tea and coffee duties and Melissa who was in the kitchen with the usual suspect Steph Ducat. Jacquie was back from Australia and ended also between the kitchen and service area. In the kitchen something fishy was going on...prep for the lunch service!!After 12:15 you could hear some singing from the choir and the customers joining in. Lunch time was approaching and the kitchen and service crew were getting in place.

The latest Sunday session for Care4Calais, a charity that helps asylum seekers and refugees receive clothing appropriate for living in the UK, saw a sudden deficit of men on the task. The all-female crew, Angela, Libi, Kash, and task owner Tamzin, was capable of everything that the male GoodGymers could do, apart from one job: reliably testing the sizes of large men's clothes as trying them on would have been futile.

"The concept of being a large man is so abstract to me. How can I tell large from double extra large?" - Kash.

The community mission was the first Care4Calais session for Libi, who returned with enthusiasm for her second even GoodGym task. She joined Kash in making standard small men's packs, preparing customised parcels for hotels that received funding for clothing for refugees, and then sorting donated men's t-shirts by size - the trickiest task.

Meanwhile, Angela, already familiar with the basics of the Care4Calais system, joined Tamzin in making custom packs, carrying boxes up or down the stairs, and then helping Tamzin load the donations into the car for later distribution.

Tamzin has recently refurbished her Care4Calais hub, making more space for volunteers to work next to one another. We're looking forward to returning for the next session very soon and clearing the abundance of donations with double efficiency! We will be back for that task next week.