Toad in the drain and other surprises

12 Goodgymers helped their local community in Windsor and Maidenhead
Viv Purchese
Anne-Laure
Amy L
Diya Singh
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Windsor and Maidenhead

Wednesday 4th September

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The evening session at the Riverside Family Hub was well attended by many GoodGymers. It gave an opportunity to catch up on summer stories and share the travel memories.

Thank you Gillian for leading the task.

The aim of the session was to clear weeds and debris from the playground, car park and the pebbled area. The team soon got stuck into the task by pulling up the giant web of bindweed. It causes a lot of surprised faces at the tenacity of weedy plans to invade the environment.

Team soon split up to clean up different areas of the community centre. Everyone found something to do and also finding a time to have friendly chats and hugs. The most muddy task was to pull out the soil from the drain holes. Then came the squeeky sound from Amy who had pulled a toad out out of the drain. Nicola was brave enough to pick up the toad and transfer it to the pond in the garden corner. Sol was running behind to capture the moment.

Light was soon fading and the team finished up with the tidying tasks. We did felt that the summer is out and September is here bring autumn feeling. Everyone gathered in the play area to celebrate Sol's 100th good deed! Sheila had kindly baked an apple cake (which was so delicious and similar to Latvian apple cake). Great effort. Heartfelt thank you from everyone.

The hilight of the evening was the delivery of Amy's poem called "Sol Sol Sol". The verses were absolutely genius rhyming with elegantly. The delivery of the poem was magnificient causing everyone to laugh and waiting what the next verse will bring out. We heard about Sol and sunshine, about Soil and earth, about cents and Peru currency, about soul and friendships.

I'm so proud to be part of the Goodgym team! Love you all!


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The services offered at this location are: health visitor breastfeeding clinics, the Esteem Project, nurture groups, Freedom Programme, BAME parenting groups, and well baby clinics. Riverside Family Hub brings together multiple organisations in a ‘one stop shop’ to make it easier to get help and ensures children and their families have access to support through a place that they are already familiar with.

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Windsor and Maidenhead runner

Thu 5th Sep at 8:51am

Well done Sol on your 💯 good deed! 👏👏👏❤️🎉🌟

Windsor and Maidenhead runner

Thu 5th Sep at 9:30am

What a wonderful report to complete your 💯, Sol Sol Sol! 🌟

Windsor and Maidenhead runner

Thu 5th Sep at 3:17pm

Thank you all for the amaizing evening session! Full of laughter! 🙂

Amy L
Amy L (she/her)

Thu 5th Sep at 8:56pm

Gorgeous report Sol! Congratulations on your big 100! 🥳🤩

Amy L
Amy L (she/her)

Thu 5th Sep at 8:56pm

Here is the poem…

Amy L
Amy L (she/her)

Thu 5th Sep at 8:56pm

Sol, Sol, Sol, Sol personifies the sun She’s a luminary! A star! She shines bright and always has fun Sol, Sol, Sol, Sounds a bit like ‘soul’ She puts her heart into GoodGyming Whether dancing by a campfire or digging a hole Sol, Sol, Sol, It’s one letter away from soil!? She’s in touch with the Earth, She’ll get her hands dirty and makes light of toil Sol, sol, a sol, Is how we measure a day on Mars It’s slightly longer than a day on Earth Is that how she fits more into her day than we do into ours? Sol, sol, sol In pharmacy means solution The only dissolving Sol does is into laughter! And she likes to solve problems like litter and pollution Sol, Sol, a Sol Subdivides into 100 cents Because it’s the currency in Peru! Now she has a good deed for every cent! Am I making sense? Sol, Sol, Sol GoodGymer, Taskforce member, friend We love the energy you bring to our team So let’s celebrate! The End.

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