Mon 1st Jul 2019 at 6:15pm
Norwich Report written by Steven Hitcham
This week saw us visit our good friends at Redmayne View Care Home, a nice 5.5km each way run!
Tonight's Group Run was sponsored by Co-ops Fortnight.
Cheska was completing her 25th good deed while both Tasha & Sam were completing their 50th good deeds... more black t-shirts on the way :-)
Bill was back runner.
On arrival, the residents were out in numbers to come and see us and say hello, it's wonderful how we've developed such a close bond with them all.
Redmayne View had kindly hired out an ice cream van to supply a Mr Softee to each resident and GoodGym runner, what a lovely gesture!
The 1st task was to hand out a Mr Softee (aka a '99) to each resident before having one ourselves. Alex decided to OD on sausage instead, the boy loves a good sausage.
We then weeded the main garden area plus any little individual gardens the residents have outside of their flats.
It was another truly lovely evening and we can't wait to go back already!
Thank you to Katy for leading the group back as I had to dash off to another job at the end of the night!
Next week we're visiting Catton Grove Community Centre.
Tuesday 11th June 2019
Bridie Davies been cheered 10 times.
Goodgymers have noticed what Bridie has done and have cheered them 10 times. We doff out caps to you Bridie.
Mon 10th Jun 2019 at 6:15pm
Norwich Report written by Steven Hitcham
We did it!!! For our 100th Group Run at GoodGym Norwich, I set a target of 50 people attending and we smashed it with our new record of 54!
If it hadn't of rained all day how many would we have had?!
Lots of new faces this evening so a big GoodGym welcome to Richard T, Jenny, Emily B, Lucy, Julia, Pete, Tricia, Paulo, Andy, Jade, Teresa, Shiralee & Caroline.
Emma M was completing her 10th good deed, Mel was completing her 50th good deed and Elizabeth was completing her 100th good deed - very well timed Elizabeth!
Trying to brief over 50 people and getting them in what was a very large circle was a mission in itself, we needed the whole of The Forum.
Hayley volunteered to be photographer, Bill was walk leader and Mel was back runner.
We caught up on race news and I thanked everyone again who volunteered and ran the EPIC Aylsham 5K on Friday evening. Don't forget on Friday 28th June you can volunteer at the EPIC North Walsham 5K or run the EPIC North Walsham 5K. It'll be worth it just for the medal.
The task tonight was to visit the Oxfam Charity Shop of Magdalen Street. Due to the weather, painting was out of the equation but there was still plenty to do. The had a small team stripping the wall ready to be painted when its dry, sweeping the shop floor, stairs & upstairs, sorting through CD & book sections, sorting through clothes donations and general cleaning up of the shop floor.
Due to the sheer amount of people, I made it an active night so those running were put into pairs and there was a 800-metre loop relay taking place so we didn't over crowd the shop so one of the pair had to do the loop then tag the other in when they got back.
There was a bit of a cat walk going on, with a few of us trialling some of the donations... some may be a little concerned with my attire but don't dis it until you try it haha.
After a good 35 minutes (which equates to over 30 hours of volunteering time!) those running headed off and we'd meet Bill and the walkers back at The Forum. The reason for this is that the runners were in for a treat... a little run up Grapes Hill and then the sprint loop in Chapelfield Gardens.
Back at The Forum we had a stretch and Elizabeth had kindly brought some cakes.
After that 18 of us finished the evening off down the pub before the heavens opened on the way home.
Thank you all for making the 1st 100 Group Runs a phenomenal experience, I can't wait for the next 100 :-)
Next week we're visiting Catton Park. If you don't want to run the whole distance you can meet us halfway or at the task.
Tue 11th Jun 2019 at 10:23am
Woah! Amazing turn out! Well done to you all x
Tue 11th Jun 2019 at 10:34am
Amazing!
Tue 11th Jun 2019 at 11:15am
Well done Steve! Happy 100th :) New GG group run record ?! (Not sure what the record is tbh!)
Wed 12th Jun 2019 at 8:12am
WOW! Just wow! Well done on the 100 and huge turnout
Wed 12th Jun 2019 at 12:18pm
Amazing turnout. Well done all on your 100th. I how there was enough work for everyone!
Mon 3rd Jun 2019 at 6:15pm
Norwich Report written by Steven Hitcham
Summer is definitely here as we all grouped together outside instead of inside The Forum.
We had 4 new amazing GoodGymers so a big welcome to John, Danie, Dave and Jake.
Cheska kindly volunteered to be back runner.
Congratulations to Emily for completing her 25th good deed this evening.
Sarah completed her 1st ever Half Marathon yesterday in very hot conditions... and still came out to run tonight, great effort!
Our member Hayley had arranged tonight's task where she works, The Clare School, which is for children with complex needs. It was nice 2.5km each way trip.
On arrival we received cheers and then donuts were provided to restore our energy levels :-)
The jobs were to tidy up the garden areas with the main focus on the sensory garden used by the students.
35 minutes later it looked like a transformed place, so many weeds (and probably the odd flower haha) pulled up in 35 minutes. I'm not even sure we've ever had such a gardening success.
Hayley took some awesome photos too, which meant I could chip in with the task more this week.
It was a task we sure left our mark on, I'm very proud of you all.
Before we headed back a few of us had a go on the slide, which the speed caught me by surprise as I went crashing on the floor at the end of it!
Robert then topped of the night with a supply of Lemon Drizzle cake ahead of his birthday.
Next week is our 100th Group Run! Let's break our record turnout so invite a friend or family member along as we visit Oxfam Charity Shop.
Mon 3rd Jun 2019 at 6:15pm
Supporting a specialist Physical & Sensory complex needs school
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Bridie Davies completed 5 good deeds with GoodGym.
Bridie is a now a pretty committed GoodGym runner. They've just run to do good for the fifth time
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