As the nights are starting to get lighter, GoodGym Bath ran to Peter Pan Pre-School in Lower Weston to paint one of their sheds and sweep up the children's play area. Afterwards we headed to The Stable for some pizza and cider. What a fantastic Tuesday evening!

Welcome, Emilie!

We welcomed Emilie to her first run with GoodGym Bath. Thanks for coming and helping us out and we hope to see you again soon!

On with the task

Before Christmas we helped out at the school by spreading sand over the astroturf in the children's play area. We were delighted to be invited to return last night to continue developing the outside space. To make sure we got everything done in time we split into small teams.

The school has a shed in their outside area that the children use to play games in. Some of the runners bundled themselves into the shed and took responsibility for painting the interior. They managed to paint all four walls and the roof which was brilliant.

Another group of runners painted the outside face, the door and the side of the shed a pale blue colour. A third group of GoodGymmers painted the gate and fence posts at the front of the school using another colour (egg shell blue?) to give them a fresh lease of life. After we had done with our painting we helped some of the other volunteers and parents helpers to sweep up leaves and stones that had made their way into the play area. There wern't many brooms available so some runners got creative with their choice of brushing device!

Overall it was a really successful evening. There were 3 different colours of paint involved and lots of enthusiastic volunteers and we managed to avoid any mixups!

Thanks

Thanks to the staff and volunteers at the school for hosting us and setting up the equipment. We had lots of fun and would really like to help you out again sometime soon! Thanks to Allie and Rachel for backmarking for us and thanks to Rachel for organising the social at The Stable afterwards. We plan on going on the first Tuesday of the month and it would be great if you could join us.

GoodGym Bath ran to Oldfield Baptist church to give their toys a thorough steamin' and cleanin'! The toys are used by the weekly toddler group and they are all well used and well loved. We had a lot of fun making a noticable difference to this community group and ran 4km in total.

GG Social

Next Tuesday after the run we are going to The Stables for some food. Please sign up so we have an idea of numbers to book a table.

Running to Oldfield Park

Emily led the run from the leisure centre out to Oldfield Park and we met our host Paul. Lots of us have been to this task before, but for those who hadn't been before Paul explained that they get around 40 families (over 100 people) at each of the toddler group sessions. There are lots of different toys that can always do with a cleaning.

Steamin' and Cleanin'

Some of us were on the kitchen crew and we put lots of smaller plastic toys through the dishwasher and wiped them dry. We got through a big box of Duplo and a huge box of plastic food items that the toddlers use in their mini kitchen. We were amazed to find individual plastic pringle crisps!

Another group of runners were spraying and wiping down the larger toys. There was a big elephant slide and lots of musical instruments that were quite sticky and benefited from our cleaning!

Finally, another group of GoodGymmers used the steam cleaner on the fabric toys. The rocking horse looked a lot happier after we had steamed her!

At the end we lined all of the toys back up and we were pleased how much cleaner they looked and smelled! It was a really rewarding and fun evening!

Thanks!

Thanks to Paul for setting up for us and for hosting us. We really appreciate it, Paul. Thanks to Rachel and Phoebe for backmarking for us and thanks to Emily for leading the run.

GoodGym Bath braved the dreaded Bloomfield Drive and ran a hilly route to St Phillip and St James' Church in Odd Down. We helper prepare activities for a half-term club and did a deep clean of their community kitchen. We ran 7.15km in total - good February training!

Welcome to GoodGym, Chris and Josh!

At the leisure centre we welcomed two new runners, Chris and Josh. Thanks for coming along to help us out - we hope to see you again soon!

The run was tough but when we got to the church our host, Andy, offered us juice and biscuits which helped revive our spirits! Each year the church runs a holiday club for 40 young people ranging from 5-9 years during half term. The theme is all about exploring the bible story at different points in history and teaching this through games and activities. One of the rules of the club is whenever a leader says "Chattabox!" the young people have to shout back "Chattabox" in return, hence the pun for the run!

We helped prepare the hall for the activities that are going ahead this week. We had a varied mixture of tasks to complete.

The tasks:

We boarded up the areas around the stage to make sure any curious youngsters couldn't get lost/stuck underneath. After rearranging the tables in the room, some of the runners spent the evening making 'heavy duty name tags' which are like signposts so that the young people know which team they are in.

Another group of runners made cardboard boxes and stuck letters on (as you can see in the pictures in front of the Tardis!). Another job we got done was to make large A3 envelopes out of card so that the young people could take home their puzzles and drawings to show their parents.

Finally, a dedicated group of GoodGymmers put on their rubber gloves and cleaned the kitchen. This area is used throughout the day most days of the week by members of the church and a variety of community groups so it always benefits from a thorough clean.

We did an eclectic mixture of tasks last night but it was a really fun to spend an evening doing something completely different and out of the norm. We were also really pleased with how much of a impact we made in such a short space of time.

Thanks!

Thanks to our task hosts for Andy and Graham for hosting us last night. Thanks to Emily for leading the run and thanks for Phoebe for backmarking.