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Mon 7th Jul at 6:15pm
York Report written by Ed Woollard (He/Him)
On a warm but windy summer's evening, an impressive 29 GG Yorkies turned out for an epic weeding session at Acomb Primary School. We started off by welcoming 2 newcomers Ruth and Kit who were both completing their first ever good deeds with us tonight. Give them a big cheer 🥳
We also crowned the GoodGym Yorkie of the month for June, with the award going to a slightly surprised Jane who completed a fantastic 8 good deeds last month and has also now done well over 25 since joining us in January. Well done Jane!
There was also a cape of good deeds to dish out, with Nikki completing her 400th good deed last week. Fantastic stuff Nikki!! What an absolute legend of GG York
Before we set off to the task we warmed up with a quick game of stuck in the mud. Max, Matt and Mitch being the chasers and everyone else running around like loons to try and avoid them. Abigail led a walking group and so managed to avoid the mayhem back at base, before being followed by the main group with Ed leading the way and Rich and Lucy backmarking.
At the task we were joined by Tristan, Martin and also Jan who was joining us for the first time this evening (Welcome Jan! 👋). The task was a classic clearing task with a bit of destruction thrown in for good measure. No need for too many instructions tonight, just pull up some weeds and cut back some trees.
A small side group were task with shifting a small pile of bricks whilst everyone else got to work on the weeds. Rich seemed particularly delighted when he found out he had the honour of removing and entire bush/tree that had grown as tall as the building. He promptly got the bulk of the bush nicely trimmed before setting to work on the trunk. Meanwhile Steve and Babs tackled a couple of hedges that were obscuring the windows (Babs giving hers a particularly close shave!)
Everyone else found there own space in the courtyard and pulled up a variety of overgrown weeds and even a few herbs, which made for a very nice minty smell lingering around the task. Mitch and Lyndsey focused their efforts on the things growing out of the drains whilst Kit and Lucy made excellent progress on a sycamore that had started to obscure the plant beds. Whilst all the while, Rich was still beavering away at the tree and had now been joined by Nikki in what had truly become a Gover-ish sized task!
With time running out we stopped for a group photo before handing over to Abigail who was leading tonight's fitness sesh. Rich and Nikki remained in the courtyard to continue their tree removal task!
Tonight's fitness had a name which I've completely forgotten but involved people choosing an exercise for everyone to complete before naming something that they have or have done (e.g. wearing a black shirt) and then attempting to swap spaces in the circle with someone else who had also done that thing. It was great fun although probably less so for Babs and Max who both ended up in the middle of the circle on mote than one occasion. Rich and Nikki also finally managed to remove the tree stump and joined the fitness sesh just in time to get the gist of what was going on
It was then time to venture back to base, with a few people continuing on to the pub
Mon 7th Jul at 6:15pm
Develop the learning environment
Read moreMon 30th Jun at 6:15pm
York Report written by Vicky Hearson (she/her)
Another impressive turnout tonight for the forth installment of barrowing compost at West Bank Park, despite the very hot weather.
We started by saying our favourite hot thing and these included baths, tea, the sun, Pete's chocolate and Nick and Vick!
We also celebrated Rich's epic cycle ride in the peaks and James' 50 miles at endure, in their absence, plus Lucy's round sheffield run.
Top news of the night was undoubtedly Tristan's announcement that he proposed to Christine and she said yes!! Huge congratulations to a lovely couple. Tristan was also crowned goodgymer of the month for May!
We then set off with Barbara and Deb leading a walking group, Nick with the runners and Vicky with a cycling group.
We quickly got to work when we arrived and managed a fair few barrow loads despite the heat! Thankfully Christina brought water and the working areas were shaded.
To end we had a game if walking football- caps v non caps. Some walking styles were a bit questionable!
Another good Monday. Thank you guys!
Mon 30th Jun at 6:15pm
Help move material from the compost bin bays into a skip
Read moreSunday 29th June
Rebecca Stone cheered by other people 25 times.
Rebecca is part of a crowd that's making a huge noise. Rebecca has been cheered by 25 people - that's a round of applause just on their own. We hope they keep it up.
Sunday 29th June
Rebecca Stone been cheered 10 times.
Goodgymers have noticed what Rebecca has done and have cheered them 10 times. We doff out caps to you Rebecca.
Sun 29th Jun at 4:00pm
After a rewarding help out at the fair. several of us stayed on to help with the tidy up. As with many GG tasks several cheerful GGers can quickly pull gazebos down, move chairs and tables whilst simultaneously pick up litter.
Glad to help out the fair and at least at the end of the fair the queue had disappeared and Abigail got her ice cream....
Sun 29th Jun at 1:00pm
Thankyou to the GGers who turned up to represent GG at the popular annual fair at West Bank Park. It was nice to see so many people enjoying the fair and be able to show off GoodGym and tell passers by who and what we do.
The gazebo was ready and Leanne arrived armed with a bag of rubbish. This was a clever idea to woo in the public with a prize (thankyou for the donated cinema tickets) of the 4 fastest litter pickers to pick up a collection of litter with a trusted litter picker.
All ages took part from small kids, adults and even the MP for York. Congrats to all those who won a prize but just nice to add to the whole community feel that other volunteers such as the Friends of West Bank go so much to trying to spread around the good people of York
An enjoyable day out and proud to tell others what we do
Sun 29th Jun at 7:24pm
Lovely write-up Pete
Sun 29th Jun at 10:47pm
Great pun!
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