We spent our session tonight getting everything spic and span at the Community Fridge, knocking out the usual familiar cleaning jobs, leaving the space looking fresh and tidy for the week ahead.

Beyond the scrubbing, we spent some time prepping for next week’s group session creating a long list of tasks to keep us busy when we return with the full crew.

Want to help us tackle that to-do list? Sign up for next week's group session here: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sign-up/help-with-deep-cleaning-and-other-jobs-at-merton-s-community-fridge

We had a great, albeit smaller, group tackling a shorter route with tonights Santa sleigh collections. Thanks to our experience last week we were entrusted with a vital responsibility: marshalling the sleigh.

Ensuring excited children and keen photographers experienced the magic safely. The team did a brilliant job guiding the crowds, keeping a watch on the sleigh, and facilitating smooth, safe interactions. Along the route others joined us to help with the collections and it was all completed very quickly.

It was a great evening supporting the Rotary team and collecting for Merton Mencap, meeting a few familiar and new faces along the way and despite a little persistent drizzle, the festive atmosphere and the sight of all the happy faces meant we enjoyed every minute.

Well done team!

Lots to cleaning and clearing today but we were set to finish ahead of schedule for a change. Until we realised the laundry had been forgotten!

This slight delay gave us the opportunity to handle the excess bread that needed disposing of along with thoroughly rinsing all the cloths.

A great end of day job as always - it's the last session next week, why not join us: https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/help-with-clean-up-at-merton-s-community-fridge-wednesday-f2e883b7-dfdb-41c9-b310-c0f76aa408e7

As usual, the main task involved tackling the post-distribution whirlwind: managing lots of recycling and clearing out crates. This involved plenty of scrubbing and stacking, ensuring all boxes and storage containers were thoroughly cleaned and ready for refilling.

A little bit of extra muscle and enthusiasm arrived to make a huge contribution and we were done and on our way.

What a perfect morning to celebrate a milestone! We marked one year since launching GoodGym Merton by supporting our friends at Morden Parkrun.

The beautiful, crisp morning was ideal for getting out and doing good. Our team embraced various roles, from marshalling the course and handing out finish tokens to expertly managing the funnel. We had an absolute blast cheering on every single walker and runner including several members of the GoodGym team who took on the course themselves!

It was a brilliant, energetic way to celebrate a year of incredible community achievements. Cheers to many more years of getting fit and doing good in Merton!

Well done team and congratulations to Alex and Siobhan on their first Parkrun experience and welcome Siobhan (officially) to the team.

Another session wrapped up at the Merton community Fridge, helping with registrations and distribution today, along with setting up and cleaning up after.
Always great to work with the volunteers and the community , everyone is very friendly.