What a performance!

6 Goodgymers helped their local community in Windsor and Maidenhead
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Windsor and Maidenhead

Thursday 25th April

Report written by Mandy Driver

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Thursday 6:15pm is GoodGym Windsor Night! ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Tonight we were doing a double bill with not one but two acts of kindness ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป

Helen ( who had just run the London Marathon ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐ŸŽ–๏ธ), Devon and Mandy met at The Binoy for a social run and Sue, Adam and Margaret (her debut GoodGym session ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป) met us at the task.

Then the show began โ€ฆ. Or was it a circus ๐Ÿคฃ

For our first act we met our task owner Anne at Busy Buttons (St Agnes Church) and Anne kindly showed us the church garden. We de-weeded the gravel drains, broke down and moved some old wooden furniture and other rubbish to the front of the church to be collected and swept/made tidy. Devon even did a bit of guttering clearance !

After the interval (as in us hot footing to the pathway near the church with our belongings) we got to work for our second task. We had done some work here in the dark but we had not quite finished it so we did that tonight. Devon and Adam had a great technique and were very neat and precise and polished. Mandy less so ๐Ÿคฃ she kept getting her lines all wrong ๐Ÿคฃ although Helen did keep her in check. Sue and Margaret attached the brambles. We filled three bags which is amazing in the time we had.

Soon it was time for the final curtain and we took a bow, gave ourselves an huge round of applause and made our way home.

Thank you all as always Windsor GGs ๐Ÿ‘‘ โ™ฅ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป


Session Leader
This task supported
Busy Buttons CORE charity
An inclusive charity helping each child find their unique potential using creativity & imagination

A CONSCIOUS JOURNEY "Inspired by a life-threatening event, Busy Buttons was born with an aim to promote creative expression, nurture imagination, make human connections, enrich and empower the lives of young people from diverse ethnicities and social backgrounds with varying abilities and needs. Over the years, Busy Buttons CORE has grown to continue in its outreach delivering vibrant inclusive programmes and events to the community promoting arts, heritage and culture. Addressing the recent global challenges, Busy Buttons has responded immediately by offering interactive programmes and virtual events encouraging safe but vital social interaction during lockdown, sparking creative imagination, encouraging discussion and inspiring children to reduce prolonged passive screen time and engage in hands on activities. The world is undergoing a transformation and we all must respond to very new needs and situations simultaneously as they arise. Thus we aim to encourage our young people positively to rise to the demands of the unfathomable and unpredictable challenges with great ingenuity, imagination and a โ€˜can doโ€™ attitude."

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Attendees
Sue
Devon Davies
Helen Burke
Mandy Driver
Margaret Gilbert
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Thu 25th Apr at 9:51pm

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Great work team! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘