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29 Goodgymers helped their local community in Camden
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Camden

Wednesday 19th September 2018

Report written by Paul Bown

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29 GGers ran 5-10k to help Abbey Community Centre and Skip Garden!

Welcome along to newbies Ellie and Jenny, plus welcome back to second timers and regulars!

This week was all about big numbers for the Camdenites:

  1. Frances Powrie hit an amazing 300 Good Deeds - FP has been smashing missions and group runs for over three & half years and she is an amazing part of GG! Well done!
  2. Equally as GOOD Chris Howson has now hit a 60 month streak for group runs, that's 5 years in a row! Wow!
  3. Long run this Saturday from Wandsworth to Croydon on the Wandle Trail - more details here
  4. Social on Thursday 4th October at Islington Townhouse - News, IPOM & More - details here
  5. Sofia 2019 here and for race suggestions for 2019 please see the form here.

Skip Garden Report:

21 of us headed to Skip Garden, it's been a while since we've helped Global Generation with their work but it was great to be back under the pretty lights and amongst the skips, bees and chickens.

Harvest Festival prep!

Our task was to be heavy lifters, a group of four lifted ten huge heavy bags of soil, a bookcase and a planter from a storage cupboard to the back entrance. Meanwhile the main group formed a chain gang to move logs, crates and more from one location to another for storage.

After finishing up we headed to the canals for some running and then everyone smashed a time trail around Granary Square! Everyone smashed it!

Abbey Community Centre Report:

A team of 9 headed north via Primrose Hill on a speedy mission to deliver leaflets for the wonderful Abbey Community Centre, based near Kilburn, about their older persons services and community cafe.

The brilliant Brent Trainer Pritesh was on hand to lead the gang around town - great job!

Please note someone left a John Lewis suit & suit bag in the Living Centre - please contact me if that's you

Sign up next week here when we'll be helping Sheltered housing and Coram Fields.

PB out


Session Leader
Attendees
Pritesh Mistry
Paul Bown
Laura Lambert
John Shirley
Frances Powrie
George
Meredith Olson
Shirin
Steve Lee
Will Bourchier
Hayley Oberlander
Sarah Cahoon
Rosie Ashworth
Lina Ahmed
Thomas Samuels
Removed User
Alex Brown
Hanry Alexander Heatherwick-Lammers
CJ Jessup
Susanna Stephenson
Rachael Gauld
Elizabeth
Abi Perrin
Jenny
Removed User
Jason Kauppila
Ellie
Join us on our next session

Camden

Help a friendly community garden for an hour or so
🗓Tomorrow 10:00am

The refurbished area will become a hub for food growing, gardening and wildlife activities


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