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Jade
Jo Ruddock
Caroline Helder

Night Bulb Moments: Brightening Up Merton

Monday 12th October

Written by Jade

Tonight’s challenge called for seamless coordination, serious pedal power, and plenty of footwork.

The action kicked off with bulbs being delivered by bike to three strategic rendezvous points across the borough, packaged and ready for distribution.

As darkness fell and the evening drizzle set in, the hardy volunteers split into smaller teams. Armed with map pins/addresses, and bags loaded with brown paper packages, we set off on foot to make the drops.

This mammoth logistical feat may only happen once a year, but it’s always a firm favourite for clocking up extra steps while covering plenty of ground. Despite the murky weather, spirits stayed high, every delivery was completed along with a bunch of good deeds.

Well done, team - Merton is going to look fantastic come spring!

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Jade

Morden-ing has broken

Saturday 10th October

Written by Jade

What a gorgeous autumn morning to lend a hand at Morden parkrun! Two of our finest volunteers kicked things off bright and early with course setup, making sure the routes were clear and ready before switching gears to marshal and take on the all-important parkwalker role.

A special shoutout goes to Jon, who traded his usual running shoes for a volunteer vest for his very first time volunteering - a massive congratulations on an awesome debut! It was a brilliant, sunny start to the weekend, proving once again that helping out on the course is just as rewarding as crossing the finish line.

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Jade

Books ahead

Saturday 10th October

Written by Jade

Hauled a massive collection of books from Mr J to drop to charity. It seems this was only Chapter One - Mr J revealed there's another stash waiting to be bagged up, so bookmark this space to head back for the sequel!

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Zahrah Ahmed
Chris Carr
Jade

We came, we mopped and we sanitised!

Friday 9th October

Written by Chris Carr

Another great cleaning session clearing up after the lunch service at the homeless drop in centre run by Faith in Action.

Our trusty trio of Jade, Chris and Zahrah (big welcome back from your travels!) soon got stuck in to the table wiping, chair stacking, surface sanitising and floor mopping.

We soon had it under control, leaving no signs that a wonderful lunch had just been served to a host of hungry people.

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Georgina Robertson-Signor
Jade

Autumn Bedding

Saturday 10th October

Written by Georgina Robertson-Signor

What a treat it was to be back at Canon's House. Every time I'm there the sun shines and today was no exception! Sarah and I gathered the tools and then Jade (who was coming from another Good Gym task) and I set to work. We litter picked and weeded until it was looking spick and span! We will be back soon!

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Jo Ruddock

Net-Working for Good

Friday 2nd October

Written by Jo Ruddock

The Wimbledon Foundation kindly invited GoodGym to its Get Set, Get Active and Get Set, Go Further event at the AELTC. We had the chance to take part in a tennis clinic (I think we'll stick to the group runs for our exercise!) as well as enjoy a tour of Centre Court, while meeting representatives from other charities across the borough. While everyone enjoyed being put through their paces by the pros, the highlight was undoubtedly learning more about all the incredible people and organisations who see the difference being active can make in people's lives. Plus, we learnt a few facts about Wimbledon along the way. Any guesses how many blades of grass make up Centre Court??

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