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Block or report Sarah Spanswick
Wed 3rd Sep at 7:00pm
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Jess Smith
๐ฆธโโ๏ธ Six litter-picking superheroes assembled at the community centre, ready to take on the challenge of tidying up the streets and parks of Maidenhead.
Armed with picks and hoops, we set off towards the stationโa gentle stroll to warm up our eyes for the litter lurking ahead. From the station, we swooped into the High Street, scooping up mountains of cigarette butts and rogue takeaway cups.
Tony and Mike veered off down a side-street, while Sheila, Sarah, Jess, and Viv took the more direct route. Everyone found a few treasures, but the general consensus? The town centre was looking far tidier than on previous missions.
We were met with cheerful โThank you!โs from passers-by, and even roped in a spontaneous participant for a race to a paper cup. He wonโand his prize? The honour of binning it himself!
With the town centre sparkling, we ventured into Kidwells Park. Here, the litter was more plentiful, and our bags filled up fast. After an hour of heroic effort, we regrouped at the community centre to compare hauls and swap stories.
A job well doneโand a wonderfully chatty, cheerful task to boot!
Wed 3rd Sep at 9:58pm
Lovely report - thanks. Enjoyed the task.
Thu 4th Sep at 1:26pm
Super! Well done everyone! great title pun Jess
Wed 3rd Sep at 7:00pm
Fri 2nd May at 9:30am
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Windsor and Maidenhead runner
Another busy morning at the Baby Bank. 4 of us were put on the dreaded door duty - answering the door and accepting donations and handing out referral packs to the health professional requester. We were kept extremely busy, checking that donated prams, cots etc met all the safety standards and had the correct bits and pieces before we could accept them. We got our steps in carrying clothes and toy donations upstairs for checking. Everyone rose to the challenge and we all learnt much more about what can be accepted and also how to collapse modern prams! Sheila A was also put in charge of the referral phone for the first time, checking off when referrals were ready for collection, where they had been put, and when they had been collected. Rebecca and Lauren were extremely grateful for our help, freeing them up to do other things Sarah was upstairs - sorry, I didn't get a chance to catch-up with what you were doing, but I'm sure it was mega!
Fri 2nd May at 6:29pm
We certainly were kept busy with donators turning up with car and van loads of stuff. Big learning curve knowing what to accept and what to turn down. Phew!
Fri 25th Apr at 9:30am
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Windsor and Maidenhead runner
It was another busy Friday at the Baby Bank. Six GoodGymers joined other regular volunteers plus a large group from a local company on a Social Responsibility Day. While Sarah was putting together referral packs for families, the others got on with sorting clothes. It was first time that Sheila K, Carol and Helen had been given this task but with help from old hands Carol and Sheila A, they quickly got to grips with ensuring that nothing got through that was dirt, too worn or too bobbly. We want to treat the recipient families with respect and only give them good quality clothes and equipment. Huge kudos to Sheila K for running all the way there - and all the way back!
Fri 14th Mar at 9:30am
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Windsor and Maidenhead runner
Today at the Baby Bank we were all on clothes-checking duty and/or preparing referrals. Rebecca gave us all a reminder talk on the need to remain vigilant to ensure that no poor quality garments get through the checking process. Unfortunately many of the donations are dirty, too worn or zips don't work, and the Baby Bank prides itself on only giving out good quality clothes. I think we were all extra-picky for the rest of the session
Friday 7th March
Sarah Spanswick completed 15 good deeds with GoodGym.
Sarah has completed their 15th good deed with GoodGym
Fri 7th Mar at 9:30am
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Windsor and Maidenhead runner
As ever, the Baby Bank had a busy morning. Mark was in the Toy Room putting together toy packs for different age groups. I didn't catch up with Sarah, but I presume she was clothes -sorting. Meanwhile Carys and Sheila were downstairs answering the door, and getting to grips with which items we can and cannot accept, and checking that incoming cots and buggys had all the bits and pieces and were fit for purpose. I think we were all a bit frazzled by the end of the morning!
Fri 7th Mar at 7:52pm
Oh gosh, sorry to hear it was frazzling! Iโm sure you were all a huge help. Hopefully you felt refreshed by the sunny day on the way home! ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Fri 7th Mar at 9:30am
Wed 5th Mar at 7:00pm
Windsor and Maidenhead Report written by Windsor and Maidenhead runner
Three new branches of Travel-log hotels are open for business at Braywick Nature Reserve following our latest GoodGym community mission.
The beetle boutiques, which will make perfect venues for stag parties, were constructed using logs we half-buried in the soil.
We began wheely quickly, transporting enough logs for two hotels, but after some very speedy digging it was agreed that tree was indeed the magic number and a third was built next door.
Thanks to everyone who came along and logged another good deed!
Wed 5th Mar at 7:00pm
Dig and shift logs to create a stag beetle habitat - protecting biodiversity
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