Jacquie, Roberta and Everton smashed the dining shift at Friday's Ealing Soup Kitchen, serving baked chicken or veg ratatouille to the clients. A special kudos to Everton, who got himself straight into deep water, rising to the occasion and staying for a part of the very busy shift after his first-ever task in the morning! Well done!

Kash arrived at the Ealing Soup Kitchen at 10 am with her work colleagues and started off the session by peeling off the eyes from potatoes to be given to those clients who had the facilities to cook. In the Soup Kitchen, nothing gets wasted, so the removed sprouts would be taken to a compost bin by Steve, one of the regular volunteers.

Jacquie came shortly after, sporting her brand new black t-shirt - a reward for her 50 good deeds! We mean GoodGym deeds only here, as Jacquie has also been involved in many other fantastic volunteering initiatives, including LAGER Can, parkrun, and Horsenden Hill, to name a few.

It was great to see Roberta back after a short break! She's nearing 50 good deeds too, only 5 tasks away from her own black t-shirt after this morning's Soup Kitchen shift. Together with Jacquie, Roberta served tea, coffee and biscuits to the clients at the tea station and made everyone feel welcome with her smile.

Finally, today's session was a debut from our newest GoodGymer - and a true trendsetter when it comes to way of getting to the tasks! Everton has proven that you can not only walk, run or cycle to do good, but also skateboard! There are no limits to getting active while doing good!

Everton joined Kash at the food parcels where their goal was to test the limits of how many mushrooms, tangerines and potatoes could be fitted into grocery bags for the clients. The conclusion was that there were no limits as the volunteers successfully squeezed in all the surplus. Remember: nothing should be wasted at the Soup Kitchen. We're still wondering about how many people would try cooking jacket potatoes with tangerine topping.

Everton might have expected a more physical aspect of GoodGym, but at the end of today's morning shift, he's been fully engaged with the sport that famously exercises the brain! He played chess with a couple of clients, including Mark, who, as rumours said, last week had defeated all four players with whom he had played games simultaneously! Well done Everton for taking the challenge from the Soup Kitchen's own chess master!

It was very busy. Jacquie spent the whole time in the kitchen. Helped Arul with a stir fry - beef or tofu as a vegetarian option. It went down a storm! Lots of empty plates and seconds. Freya was serving hungry guests.

Friday Hub - hot hot hot!!! Jacquie was in the kitchen first thing then helped pack food parcels. Freya was on the tea station. Angela thought she would be short of volunteers but then remembered a group had booked to come today so there were lots of hands - making light work! Freya stayed on to help serve lunch until 3pm. As it was hot today there was a snow cone stand : seems it was appreciated by all including the volunteers - see Jacquie smile while enjoying hers.

Today was a first for a lot of things on this Sunday afternoon community mission. To start with it was Connie first ever mission with Goodgym Ealing : welcome to GG Ealing! Then it was a first for Jenny at a soup kitchen. Last but not least it was the first session that Goodgym Ealing have done with Ealing Soup Kitchen on a Sunday. We normally are present either on some Monday evenings at the take away service with Emma at the Salvation Army, on Fridays at the HUB in the crypt of St John's church with Angela. Today it was an inaugural session with Richard for Sunday Meal. I arrived before the start of our session and Richard spotted me : he got me straight into setting up with the volunteers already present. I helped to do sandwiches : cheese or ham. Then finished setting up some tables. Both Jenny and Connie arrived and were debriefed on our tasks for the afternoon. The doors opened and guests came in for food and drinks. We all started serving drinks and food. Then I was prompted to help the kitchen crew whilst Connie and Jenny carried on serving the customers who were coming in. I was with another volunteer tpo plate the main dishes. Menu today was :

• Vegetable Soup
• Jacket Potato with either tuna/sweetcorn or baked beans all topped with grated cheese
• Sponge cake with custard
• Fruit also given out : banana and tangerines

I was getting order for the jacket potatoes with different toppings. Jenny then went to the kitchen to help clean pots, pans, dishes etc .. Once service cleared the 3 Goodgymers helped with the clearing and cleaning.

Both Connie and Jenny enjoyed this session : that is their words.

Friday lunch time service and the weather was very hot today outside reaching 29degres which means it was very hot in the kitchen and in the crypt of the church. Freya was on clothes and Jacquie was on kitchen duties, serving lunch then helping to clear up. Menu today :

• Roast Chicken Dinner
• Veggie Sausages Both serve with honey glazed parsnips, carrots, mashed potato and onion gravy
• Jelly & Ice Cream

Ice cream is the best dessert in hot weather.