Three Goodgymmers, Daryl, Keith and Lea, had another lovely time walking along Santa's sleigh. Well, the beginning was certainly lovely, but whether there were so many more children to talk to Santa or people coming out to greet Santa, it certainly wasn't the fastest route! But whether slow or fast: the shining eyes of all the kiddies makes it all worthwhile. And going by the weight of the buckets.... another successful night, for sure. And the weather gods were once again smiling down on us.

Five , Sophie, Harry, Mary, Keith and Lea, turned up at the Salvation Army in Poole. Well, we had to find the entrance first…Wow, so many toys!!! And so many bags to be filled with those toys. With perfect preparation and organisation by the Salvation Army people the whole thing ran like clockwork. With 176 children on their list, a lot needed to be sorted and put in bags per family. What a delightful task, esp when imagining the smiles of the kids getting the toys.

Four Goodgymers meet at Sandbanks to Help Rose Road charity they help children and young people with complex disabilities.Today they put on a LandRover convoy to Christchurch.We where asked to go round with collection buckets and sell raffle tickets before the convoy set off.There was Land Rovers of all ages some decorated some not .What i must mention is Joanna from Poole who is Going to be a Run Leader and is going to make a very good one it was a pleasure to assess her .

Another Santa night… two Goodgymmers, Keith and Lea, nicely lit up with bright lights, followed Santa’s Sleigh around Iford tonight. Buckets got filled with pennies and pounds, while our feet were pounding along the streets especially when Santa decided to speed up the sleigh on the return journey!

Four Goodgymmers, Emma, Sophie, Keith snd Lea, joined the Westbourne Rotary for their longest sleigh route (Beaufort Road and surroundings)… After a bit of a slow start we did see more and more people. And yay, giving generously, making our buckets feel nice and heavy. Keith’s ears are ringing as much as his bell was and the Christmas “music” will still be in our heads tonight. But we did a great job. Thank you for turning up and helping Santa!! BTW that Santa on his cool motorbike… not sure if we could have kept up with such a speedster!

Four Goodgymmers, Jo, Roger, Keith and Lea, turned up at the Pine Cliff Gardens today. The ranger and volunteers there needed some "strong people" to remove four Phormiums... oh they changed their minds , actually just two Phormiums. Right, that was done in no time, loosening the soil with forks, digging with spades and pulling with bodyweight! Then up in the wheelbarrow and thrown onto the garden rubbish pile. What next? Ah well, a dead bit in a hedge, one spade pushed in and out it came. Ok, what next?! Attack the budleia! Unfortunately the ranger had to go, so, even though we were getting a fair bit done, she asked us to leave it.... just as we were getting into the task!?!?! Oh well, no more tasks there as they will not resume their sessions till the spring. What a pity with such a beautiful background!

Three Goodgymmers, Daryl, Keith and Lea, turned into Santa's helpers to collect money for Westbourne Rotary. And did we collect money indeed...... plenty of coins, plenty of notes and plenty of thank yous. And best of all: the bright sparkling eyes of all the kiddies seeing Santa! Looking forward to the rest of the sessions!