With the festive season wrapped up, our GoodGym team braved the freezing temperatures for a special mission to help a supported living home return to its usual safe and comfortable environment after the holidays.

After a brisk 3.7km run, we arrived at the home, where we were warmly welcomed and got straight to work. Our mission: clear away all traces of Christmas cheer (until next Christmas of course!).

We divided into task teams and got stuck in. Anna, Emily, Raquel, Claire, Jade, Emma, Maliyana and Hazel took down the window decorations, with Christmas shapes carefully removed, packed away, and saved for next Christmas’ celebrations. Once the windows were decoration-free, we gave them a good clean to let the winter light back in. And Luke gave the window sills a good clean too.

Next up was the Christmas tree, which was carefully taken down, by Jana, Anna and Ken, with all baubles, tinsel, and lights stored away safely, ready for another magical display next time. Outside, Martel, Luke and Ken tackled the outdoor Christmas lights, ensuring they were taken down safely and stored properly.

With everything packed away and the home back to its regular setup, the residents can now continue life safely following the festive period. And what better way to celebrate a job well done than with some well-deserved Haribo sweets all around?

It was hard to go back out into the cold and run back but we were energised by the community spirit aspect to the task. We promised we’d be back in December to put them all back up again!

Tonight’s task was a visit to Full Cycle to help out the Gary and the team with clearing a few jobs from their to do list.

Emma and Luke teamed up using the air compressor to pump up a pile of inner tubes to test them for leaks. Maliyana and Marcos got the old inner tubes rolled up and ready for recycling (with a quick break for recycling bag related photo opportunities!) The rest of the team were busy cleaning up the dirt and cobwebs from the donated bikes, ready for them to be fixed up and sent to their new homes.

We had a wheelie good time but after an hour we were tyred out. We said goodbye to Gary and set off for our run back to the Quaker Centre, exploring a brand new route back.

There’s always so many odd jobs to do here, looking forward to our next visit.

Welcome Maliyana! Great work on your first task with us.