Chestnuts ParkFest 2019

6 Goodgymers helped their local community in Haringey
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Haringey

Saturday 20th July 2019

Report written by Catherine

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5 goodgymers came out to help on the day. 2 of us ran 5km that morning at Pymmes parkrun and Alexandra parkrun each. We then all met at Chestnuts Park at 10:30am to help set up. We moved tables, put up signs and handed out 'activity cards' to the children. It was a hugely successful day at Chestnuts Park.

They had tons of activities for children, young teens, adults and the elderly too. There was free zorbing for the kids, face painting and activities such as a bouncy castle. The adults had loads of community stalls to visit, with information on recycling in the community and the redevelopment trusts were there to advise on the new projects being planned. They had a wonderful Zumba session for all ages and then a specialised elderly movement class to encourage those less able to stay active.

Goodgym had a stall too so we raised awareness about the organisation and made some contacts for possible future community missions. We offered people the opportunity to do 1 of two activities to get on our leaderboard: 10 burpies in under a minute (for kids) 20 for adults, or do an 800m Strava segment around the park. We had a few takers and taught people what a burpie was!!

Colin was the organiser from the bridge trust and he thanked us for taking part. He even said they wanted to nominate goodgym for a volunteering award as he thought it was a great organisation! We left with lots of balloons and good memories!!


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>All abilities welcome We're back to help The Friends of Chestnuts Park! Jobs to include mulching, digging, tending to baby trees and such like. #GetInvolved **Improve** your wellbeing by joining us on **Wednesday evenings**. We run to do good deeds in the community.. volunteering and getting fitter as we go. **Meet at 6.45pm and start running for 7:00pm.** We work hard on a physical task for 30 to 45 minutes, then we all run back to the start venue by 8.30pm. **Start Venue:** Tottenham Green Leisure Centre, 1 Phillip Lane, Tottenham, N15 4J. We enjoy supporting each other and never leave anyone behind. **Lockers and changing rooms are available at the centre. Please bring a £1 coin for the locker.** **Follow, like, share and stay in the loop via our social media pages – [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/GoodGymHaringey/) & [Twitter](https://twitter.com/ggharingey)** >Help Us Help You - Help the Community

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