For our last Goodgym community mission of the year goodgymers once again travelled to Colchester foodbank with good cheer, some Christmas hats and outfits, and most importantly, energy!

Vanessa led shift one consisting of Dominic, Rachael, Phil, Ian and Robin. Sorting was the order of the day with an array of produce and crates being date sorted at the back of the warehouse, with others sorting recently received donations from the public. Regular volunteers have been telling us that the number of donations they have been receiving has been unprecedented, much like the year in general.

There was a brief chat at shift crossover time before James, Detti, Ben and Mikaela continued sorting donations whilst Nick and Rachel made up, weighed and crated parcels for the regular volunteers to provide to provide to clients when the foodbank reopened to the public on Monday.

One of the trustees also kindly poked her head in to provide badges and treats for the team to say a small thank you to everyone from Goodgym who has helped the foodbank this year.

There was a final push from everyone to get the warehouse tidied up the best we could, ready to shut the doors for Goodgym at Colchester foodbank in 2020.

In summary.....

On the 19th of December Goodgymers may have seen;

12 milk crates sorted,

11 juice crates dated,

10 parcels made up,

9 tea crates sorted,

8(0’s) music blasting,

7 badges gifted,

6 pasta crates sorted,

5 cereal crates moved,

4 regular volunteer drop ins,

3 goodgymers cycling,

2 Christmas jumpers,

and more pants news from the PM.

Happy Christmas all.