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Spreading kindness, one food box at a time

4 Goodgymers helped their local community in Leeds

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Sunday 20th December 2020

Report written by Gemma

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Four GoodGym Leeds runners, Rachel Carol Suzie and Gemma plus one GoodGym tourist (Jade), headed to The Real Junk Food Project bright and early today to help pack as many food boxes as possible for families across Leeds.

Within 30 minutes of arriving, we had been given our induction, donned our flourescent jackets, and were in the Kindness warehouse, packing boxes with fruit, veg, treats and gifts, ready for delivery. We created a brilliant production line ! Time seemed to fly by and before we knew it, we had been there for 5 hours and had packed over 500 boxes! It was a great community mission as not only did we help make this Christmas a little easier for families, but we also had a work out - carrying crates, squishing boxes and walking around the warehouse .

I am already looking forward to going back to TRJFP so that I can help again. I am sure that the other GoodGym runners are also be keen to support TRJFP as their work to prevent food going to waste is essential, especially at the moment!

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Gemma

Leeds

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The Real Junk Food Project

A revolutionary concept designed to challenge and highlight the issues of food waste while creating inclusive environments where everyone is welcome.

The Real Junk Food Project is the founding Community Interest Company of The Real Junk Food Project global network and has empowered and inspired hundreds of similar projects worldwide. It is a revolutionary concept designed to challenge and highlight the issues of food waste while creating inclusive environments where everyone is welcome. Consisting of cafés, outside catering, events, Sharehouse: TRJFP and Kindness into Schools, it uses the Pay As You Feel Concept to utilise surplus food, educate the general public and campaign against global issues that food waste creates. We intercept surplus food from a wide range of places including supermarkets, restaurants, wholesalers, food banks, food photographers and using common sense and decades of experience make a judgement on whether the food is fit for human consumption.