Sunday 22nd October 2023
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Report written by Sam Lefevre (he/him)
As Sam opened up St. Faith's Community Centre, Ivar just arrived to help him prepare the room by removing chairs and bringing in the tables.
We welcomed Chiara who cycled to St Faith's for her first good deed after seeing an advert for GoodGym on the Gram.
Nathan, Shannon and Fi all arrived at the same time, just as Sophie and Sandy arrived by car with the food donation from Albrighton Centre, so that was their first task - to empty Sophie's car and display the food on the table.
Chiara and Ivar emptied Shed 2 and the porch area, which had donations from King College London students. All the volunteers inside unloaded and sorted the items into categories per table.
Daryl and Maria arrived shortly after as they were at Edward Alleynian Club sorting out donations there. They helped the team where they could.
After an hour and a half, most of the items had been displayed with just a few more clothes to hang up. Everyone left, but Chiara, Maria, Sam and the GROAD volunteers as they finished up the last bits.
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