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Wednesday 12th September 2018
Andrew Honeymen has done their first good deed with GoodGym.
Andrew is a now a fully fledged GoodGym runner. They've just run to do good for the first time. They are out there making amazing things happen and getting fit at the same time.
Tue 11th Sep 2018 at 6:45pm
Camden Report written by Paul Bown
22 DMCS ran 5.8km to help Coram Fields collect up 58 bags of leaves!
Thank you for coming along to the GoodGymĂ—DMCS Run - there was a massive 22 of us!
A bit about GoodGym, our mission is to help our communities with physical tasks and reduce loneliness through projects with older persons. There are three ways of doing good with us:
Back to what we did last night, after a quick warm up we headed along the river for some park running before heading north to the Strand and passed the busy Holborn station.
After a steady 3k run we arrived at Coram Fields, a 7 acre space which provides activities and space for young people. We met the wonderful Operations Manager Heng who told us our task for the evening was to clear and collect as many leaves as possible. With over 40 trees on the plot there is always going to be lots to do at this time of year.
Splitting into teams of 2-3 people we spread out and covered as much area as possible. While one person swept up small and large piles of leaves and then another collected them in bin bags.
All the leaves!
Over the course of 30 minutes everyone worked really hard - collecting a huge 58 bags of leaves - that's over 11 hours work for one person - amazing!
After taking a group picture we headed south and downhill home, dodging commuters and racing through the parks.
Find out what your local GoodGym is on the website, your closest are Westminster on a Wednesday meeting at the New Balance Store on Oxford Street or Camden also meeting on Wednesdays near St Pancras.
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