Tuesday 17th November 2020
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Report written by Damu
This morning, four Leeds Goodgymers made their way to Holbeck to help out at Slung Low, a brilliant theatre company that has been helping the local area be well fed and looked after.
After a quick show around of the foodbank site, they were put on the refrigerated truck and got stuck into filling some tote bags full of fresh fruit and veg.
About 30 bags deep, it was time to deliver some of the goods in and around Leeds. Rob jumped in his trusty steed and delivered with gusto; while the other three attempted to make some deliveries on foot. Unfortunately this proved to be a bit of a fruitless exercise (nobody home!), but at least it got the heart rate flowing.
They were quickly back in action on the truck, with Suzie and Anna back on fresh food duty, while Adam was tasked with dried goods. And special kudos to Anna for completing her first task with GoodGym, she deserves a cheer or two!
The three had just finished up as Rob returned to the car park, so after a quick group photo we were all off on our merry way home.
We were all very impressed with how slick the operation was, and two goodgymers are going to be returning tomorrow, while we hope to get a lot more missions with Slung Low in the near future.
Founded in 2000 Slung Low is an award-winning theatre company specialising in making epic productions in non-theatre spaces, often with large community performance companies at their heart. During the COVID-19 crisis, Slung Low turned into a non-means tested food bank offering food parcels.
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