Iced Green Tee

9 Goodgymers helped their local community in Haringey
Emily
Charlie Linton
Kapil
Nurjehan
Latoya Stephens
Julie Fisher
Geraldine Mace
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Haringey

Wednesday 1st September 2021

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9 hardy Goodgymmers embraced the chilly weather as they ran to help the wonderful T On The Green - dear friends of ours who have had a tough week.

With A Little Help From Our Friends

In what was frankly a rather chilly summer night, our 9 Goodgymmers made their way to Bruce Castle Park after we heard that the grounds of the wonderful community cafe T On The Green had been vandalised.

Carol from T welcomed us with a story that made us all rather frustrated: tales of stolen clocks, turned over tables, vandalised BBQ area... Grrr.

We used this frustration the only way we know how: by making a couple of jokes and throwing ourselves at the task with gusto.

Carol asked us to spruce up all the planting boxes by giving them a lick of green paint.

We divided into two competing groups: Julie, Kapil, Nurjehan, and Sam at the back dealt with some boxes that, according to Carol, had been in the grounds of Bruce Castle Park from antediluvian times. Latoya, Geraldine, Charlie, and GGCamden daytripper Emily took on the big four boxes at the front.

I'm not going to say the competition wasn't in good spirits but a certain group tried to force my hand by awarding themselves a trophy halfway through the task. Not to be outdone, the other group serenaded me with nostalgic tales of GGHaringey days gone and promises of minty cocktails. One team lost points for messy paint work, and the other team got a bit distracted smelling the mint but in the end I declared a well-fought draw.

We took some photos and then ran back to HQ, but not before promising to Carol that we'd be back.

That's what friends are for, after all. If you can, feel free to send a few pennies their way here to help them cover the costs the scoundrel's handiwork has incurred.

Femi at Haringey Foodbank needs help on Saturday, sign up here if you can. And next week's task is still not 100% confirmed but you can still sign up here.


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T On The Green
Community cafe in Bruce Castle Park

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Sarah Moore
Sarah Moore (She/her )

Thu 2nd Sep 2021 at 12:11pm

Great work team!

Latoya Stephens

Thu 2nd Sep 2021 at 12:21pm

Typical Gramps behaviour not choosing favourites😂

Nurjehan

Thu 2nd Sep 2021 at 5:59pm

Fence sitter : everyone's a winner.

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