Gillian, Samantha and Philippa spent a happy hour sorting peas from beans and rice pudding from custard before embarking on some serious date checking. We made sure that A LOT of biscuits and crisps were fresh enough to go out to Foodbank clients. The prize for most out-of-date item goes to a cake with a SBD in 2004! The regular volunteers were glad to see us and grateful for our hard work. Thanks everyone!

For the third time this month, we bolstered the ranks of the Mile End parkrun volunteers with a strong contingent of GoodGymers assisting in making the wonderful event go ahead as smoothly as possible.

New Taskforce member Philippa marshaled her first junior event, and was joined by fellow marshals Isabelle who is leading the charge for Tower Hamlets in the January Challenge with 10 good deeds completed so far, Elizabeth who is still going strong with her remarkable challenge to do at least one good deed per day in January (keep it up Liz!) and me. We were stationed along the course offering up a joyful barrage of encouragement to the young runners enthusiastically making their way around the two lap course.

Visiting hero Hannah was tasked with Barcode scanning, and very adeptly processed the parkrunners as they crossed the finish line to ensure their results were recorded accurately.

Another successful event aided by the team, and certainly one we will be revisiting in the future, so keep an eye out for future listings!

Five goodgymers went to Southwark food bank this morning to help sort donations.

Rebecca and Philippa were soon whisked away downstairs to check the best before dates on some biscuits. Gillian and Emma sorted donations into categories while I took in donations from outside and helped weigh them.

There was too much to get through in one morning, but we achieved more than the regulars could have done alone!