Three-for-the-price-of-One

2 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
Elle
Bec
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York

Thursday 5th March

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Hurray! Today is Elle's 100th task. And she is an absolute superstar. Before our clear up and clean at Planet Food she was out on another task sprucing up the raised beds and weeding the outdoor space at this magical community food hub.

Elle has been doing numerous tasks every week for months now. And what has that done for her? 1. She has made loads of new friends and is very much part of the community 2. She has got fitter and stronger - she sees GoodGym as a form of rehabilitation and is very happy about that. 3. She feels good to be doing good.

It really is a three-for-the-price-of-one for lovely Elle.

Each week we clean and clear tables, put away the chairs, hoover and sweep, clear the bins and get the community centre ready for the next people and activities. But behind the scenes of Planet Food are other wonderful people rescuing surplus food, cooking delicious affordable meals from food that would otherwise go to landfill, enabling people to fill their cupboards with decent groceries, making jam and chutneys from excess produce and washing up and chatting in between.

It really is a team effort and it is joyous to be part of that community. Three Cheers for Elle.


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Planet Food York
Community food store and cafe

Intercepts surplus food from going to waste to redistribute in our open-access community cafe and shop. We feed bellies not bins and welcome anyone regardless of need to tackle the climate emergency, build community and reduce social isolation also providing many work experience /volunteering/job opprotunities.

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Elle
Elle (She/her)

Thu 5th Mar at 6:55pm

Aww, thank you Bec! As I told you today, my first task for GoodGym was Planet Food last June and I was afraid to carry the tables as the right side of my body was still unpredictability weak... 8 months in and I'm carrying tables! I still advise you keep clear 😂, but GoodGym is the best form of rehabilitation!

Vicky Hearson
Vicky Hearson (she/her)

Thu 5th Mar at 10:00pm

Fantastic Elle, well done!

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