WOW card, play hard

15 Goodgymers helped their local community in Bristol
1 / 21
Bristol

Tuesday 18th April 2023

Report written by Melanie Young (she/her)

Share the love

WOW (Way Out West) and Emmaus had both asked for help this evening so we we split into two group, three if you count the runners separately from the walkers, to our task destinations. After we'd said hello to the visiting horse which we assumed was part of the Raleigh launch.

It was fab to have Vicky and Runner Harry on their first GoodGym task and Dora joining us in Bristol for the first time. All three were in the Emmaus contingent and fitted right in with the task of sorting bagfuls of cards donated when Paperchase closed down. We were soon divvying up the cards by celebration type if the card had a matching envelope whilst "loners" of cards and envelopes became big piles themselves. We filled two boxes with just Christmas cards and made executive decisions about which cards were so bad they should go straight to recycling. The musical and light-up dachshunds in Paris were a firm favourite.

Meanwhile, on the other side of town, plants were pruned and weeds banished in one of the areas looked areas by Way Out West - we might even get to go back for more planting as the space becomes better and better.

Back in Queen Square it was time to celebrate the launch of the GoodGym x Raleigh partnership and very excited faces receiving their cards and chocolates, though disappointed there was no horse this time.


Session Leader
This task supported
Attendees
Doris Loga
Alice Whale
Phill Stone
VaguelyNorthernDarren
Tim
Caroline
Kim Dowsett
Harry Claydon
Vicky
Jason Thorne
Melanie Young
Join us on our next session

Bristol

Group Run - 30 Apr - St Werb’s ahoy
🗓Tuesday 30th April 6:20pm

The community centre will be looking much better, or worse, depending on the task...

+5
Tom Christmas
Marianne BradshawWill WrenFreya Dodd
10 GoodGymers are going - 20 spaces left! 👀

Discuss this report