Monday 29th April 2019
Report written by Paul Bown
21 GoodGymers ran 6km to help Graham Street Park!
Welcome along to Jess whose first time it was last night - great to have you along!
In the news this week:
After a quick warm up we headed to Graham Street Park via Liverpool Road and some nice down hill. Skipping through Angel we arrived to meet Nicky who founded Friends of Graham Street Park, and Mark from Islington council. Everyone was very excited that Graham was now home in his park, where he grew up, where he learnt to run and where he became very tall (maybe fake news).
Graham's home!
This was a new task, and they were prepared with lots to do and tools to use. The park is very well used by families and all the kids. We helped them with the following:
Over 30 minutes we got all this done and more. Really well done, Nicky was very appreciative! After being treated to some exotic New Zealand Toffee Tops (thanks James) and also hop nops, we ran home a different - nice!
Next week we are meeting at the Arc Centre and helping Barnsbury Square Gardens - sign up here. Please come, I know it's bank holiday but we've got good to do!
PB out
We represent the community on park issues, have set a small community kiosk, organise fun days for local kids and partner with a local school for other events
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Joining the lovely resident gardeners at Thornhill Square Gardens for an evening of composting, watering and maintenance