Lettuce Stay
2 Goodgymers helped their local community in Kingston upon Thames
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Monday 15th June 2020
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Report written by Kate Haworth
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JP and I met at the Kings Gate centre for sorting the deliveries of donated food for Kingston food bank and food parcels to be made by the Voices of Hope charity for those isolated and struggling during this time. With a broken lift, our help was needed to boxes of fruit, veg, pasta, rice and oats up 6 flights of stairs to the top floor where the food was to be sorted. Some items were taken up only to be brought back down again as we were told the lettuce should stay downstairs. It was a good work out and our help was greatly appreciated! Please join us next Monday for a similar stairs workout!
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To restore and rebuild hope in individuals, improving their physical and mental health through undertaking community-based projects.
In the midst of the current crisis we shall continue to seek to be a voice of hope to all. We are working closely with Kingston Council and Kingston Voluntary Action. We have been designated responsibility as a central food distribution point for the whole of Kingston borough, with the aim of providing support to the most vulnerable in our community including the homeless, the isolated and those whose income is inadequate to meet their daily needs. We shall be undertaking this for a 12-week period starting on Monday 12th March. Practically, this means: - preparing thousands of hot meals for those unable to do so (10,000 to date!) - preparing packages of essential foodstuffs and basic aid for those who most need them - providing a delivery service to as many of the 18,000 people aged 70+ in Kingston as possible
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