Wednesday 21st April 2021
Patrick earned their community cape by completing their first community mission.
Patrick completed a community mission. Instead of watching TV or lying in bed, Patrick was out there making their community a better place to be. For making that choice they have earned the community cape.
Wednesday 21st April 2021
Patrick has done their first good deed with GoodGym.
Patrick 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.
Wed 21st Apr 2021 at 5:00pm
Bristol Report written by Melanie Young (she/her)
An email request begging for help brought huge excitement to Bristol GoodGym with an urgent need to shift and spread 6 tonnes of sand across some space that had been lawn, to increase the wildlife and plants right in the heart of the city. GoodGymmers who were still at work spied on us from afar.
In the (not) shadow of City Hall on a gloriously sunny late afternoon, red t-shirts approached from all directions on foot and on bikes and 11 GoodGymmers split into their groups of a 5 and a 6 to be sand-shifters or sand-spreaders across a pleasing trapezium*, entitled to 4 of the 6 dumpy bags of sand.
Social distancing went vertical as Shreena enjoyed being the tallest GoodGymmer, standing on her sack of sand.
It was especially lovely to welcome Kate and Patrick to their first ever GoodGym session - we hope to see you again really soon.
Charlee, from the Bristol and Bath Parks Foundation and Joe from ParkWork (long-term friend of GoodGym) were super impressed with the speed of spreadage and after lots of hardwork we had a vote on further raking or a fitness session. Tge raking won and the sport Synchronised Socially Distanced Raking was born - already listed as a demonstration sport for the 2028 Olympics.
It was fantastic to be back in the heart of the city, getting fit by doing good.
*Maths is fun
Wed 21st Apr 2021 at 5:00pm
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