I organised tins of soup, beans, chopped tomatoes, chocolate treats, hot chocolate, tea, tomato and brown sauces and salad cream into crates for removal to the new premises. I volunteered from 09:00-12midday . It was a fun time .

57 varieties at Stretford Foodbank!

Last night our crack team of GoodGymers ran to Stretford FoodBank to complete no less than five tasks to help sort food donations and the storage facility!

We met as usual at St Matthews and welcomed some lovely newcomers to the team - well done and welcome to

Sarah

Lucy

Gemma

Once we had shared our news (well done and congrats to Katie, Nicola and yours truly) for clocking up 10, 10 and 30 Good Deeds respectively!) we warmed up (thanks to John for leading) and headed off with runners and a walking group too.

We arrived at the Foodbank storage facility and were briefed on our various tasks, Tracey leading a musical squat challenge as a diversion. Then we set to and achieved the following:

• Removal of many cardboard boxes for recycling
• Sorting of literally HUNDREDS of tins of beans into crates and date order
• Sorting and moving toiletries
• Tidying and making space in another room for more storage
• Disassembling and packing a van full of old furniture for taking to the tip.

MASSIVE WELL DONE ALL!

Once we'd completed our tasks we said our goodbyes and ran back to base feeling pretty chuffed with our efforts!

Well done to our lovely team of eleven Goodgymers who went to help out at Stretford Foodbank last night.

We met as usual at St Matthew's Community Hub and chatted about the task in hand, everyone's weeks and also about Taskforce member Fiona's daughter who has achieved her PHD! Wowsers!

We also welcomed Maddie[https://www.goodgym.org/runners/maddie-sharpe] to her first Wednesday group run and task after her Super Saturday baptism a few months back - great to see you!

Once we'd warmed up we ran to our task location which was the storage facility for Stretford Foodbank. They needed our muscles (and enthusiasm!) to help moving stock as they have secured additional storage to cope with continued increased demand and the wonderful donations from the local community.

We met the awesome Louise and Christine who explained the background of the foodbank and its increasing importance to many local people who find themselves needing help. The importance of the Foodbank's work really hit home when we learnt that they provide a tonne's worth of food a week - a phenomenal amount and that many people volunteer who have either used the foodbank in the past or in case they may need to in the future.

Once fully briefed we set about moving the many boxes of cans, tea, pasta and toiletries to name a few.

With a dose of true GoodGym motivation we shifted and sorted all the boxes in a snap and went on our way with Louise and Christine possibly feeling like they'd been in a whirlwind!

thank you, you're all angels!

We made our way back to base and talked about future tasks for the Foodbank and volunteering opportunities. We stretched off and then talked about our task next week which is for Cheeky Cherubs CIC!

Well done again all, thanks for making a difference to such an important local organisation ❤