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22 Goodgymers helped their local community in Islington
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Monday 24th June 2019
Report written by Paul Bown
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22 Goodgymers ran 3-5k to help Single Homeless Project and Caledonian Park!
Welcome along to newbie Esther - great to have you along!
In the news this week:
- You've got until Thursday to enter the GG Olympics which takes place on Saturday 3rd August. #TeamIslington
- On 22nd September GoodGym is off to take on the Scottish Half Marathon/10k in Edinburgh - trains and accommodation will be booked soon - full details here.
- Join the Unofficial GoodGym Facebook group here.
Caledonian Park Team:
Eleven of us headed over to Caledonian Park where we met Miriam, Head of the Friends of Caledonian Park. The group with help from volunteers like us are improving lots of areas of the park.
Our task this evening was to get rid of two huge areas of laurel plants which are redundant plants but also poisonous - with there leaves capable of releasing cyanide.
The area will be used to make an aputheatre which will be just lovely. Using forks, saws, a pick axe and various other tools two groups of five worked hard over 40 mins to get loads done - awesome!
We then ran home to eat Scandi biscuits and stretch.
Scandalous biscuits!
Tip-top woodchip shifting by GA:
Meanwhile, 10 entrepid runners joined team woodchip ran over to Islington’s Single Homelessness Project, where we shovelled a giant pile woodchip from the road outside onto the front and back garden of one of their houses.
With the humidity proving no match for 10 dedicated GoodGym runners efforts, we made short work of the woodchip pile, whilst tidying up the gardens at the same time. This made - and I quote from our - “a massive difference”. The garden is now ready for new plants to go in, in the Autumn. Top work!
Taking a different route back, we looped along the streets back to the emirates for everyone’s favourite summertime activity: Emirates hill sprints! Dividing into two groups, great to see lots of enthusiasm for squatting, springing, and star-jumping. The holy trinity of summer exercise.
Woodchip shifted; workout smashed. Well done team.
Sign up for next week here when we'll be helping Mildmay Community Centre and Ramsey Flowers Group.
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The Friends maintain and care for key areas of the park; represent park users, and help protect the amenities and wildlife of the park.
The Friends maintain and care for the two wildlife gardens to the north-west corner of the park, the community orchard at the south-west of the field; help tend the raised square beds at the South gate, and also plant bulbs and flowers around the park!
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The Friends of Caledonian Park have asked our team to help with laying new bark chip for healthy plants!
