Packing food boxes to spread kindness

2 Goodgymers helped their local community in Leeds
Liam Scott
Gemma
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Leeds

Saturday 8th May 2021

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Despite it being one of the wettest days of the year, two GoodGym runners braved it and headed out to TRJFP to help with their community garden.

Liam ran over and Gemma biked, but both were very soggy on arrival! Because of the rain, the TRJFP team suggested that an inside task may be better, and so Gemma and Liam helped to pack and stack boxes of food ready for redistribution.

After 90 minutes of work, the two GoodGym runners had prepared 25 boxes of ketchup, stock cubes and energy drinks - ready for another team of volunteers to use to pack food boxes for families across Leeds.

GoodGym will head back to TRJFP soon to support with the community garden :)


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The Real Junk Food Project
A revolutionary concept designed to challenge and highlight the issues of food waste while creating inclusive environments where everyone is welcome.

The Real Junk Food Project is the founding Community Interest Company of The Real Junk Food Project global network and has empowered and inspired hundreds of similar projects worldwide. It is a revolutionary concept designed to challenge and highlight the issues of food waste while creating inclusive environments where everyone is welcome. Consisting of cafés, outside catering, events, Sharehouse: TRJFP and Kindness into Schools, it uses the Pay As You Feel Concept to utilise surplus food, educate the general public and campaign against global issues that food waste creates. We intercept surplus food from a wide range of places including supermarkets, restaurants, wholesalers, food banks, food photographers and using common sense and decades of experience make a judgement on whether the food is fit for human consumption.

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