Toad in the drain and other surprises
12 GoodGymers made their way to help the Riverside Family Hub in Windsor and Maidenhead.
- Wednesday, 4th of September 2024
- Led by Windsor and Maidenhead runner
The evening session at the Riverside Family Hub was well attended by many GoodGymers. It gave an opportunity to catch up on summer stories and share the travel memories.
Thank you Gillian for leading the task.
The aim of the session was to clear weeds and debris from the playground, car park and the pebbled area. The team soon got stuck into the task by pulling up the giant web of bindweed. It causes a lot of surprised faces at the tenacity of weedy plans to invade the environment.
Team soon split up to clean up different areas of the community centre. Everyone found something to do and also finding a time to have friendly chats and hugs. The most muddy task was to pull out the soil from the drain holes. Then came the squeeky sound from Amy who had pulled a toad out out of the drain. Nicola was brave enough to pick up the toad and transfer it to the pond in the garden corner. Sol was running behind to capture the moment.
Light was soon fading and the team finished up with the tidying tasks. We did felt that the summer is out and September is here bring autumn feeling. Everyone gathered in the play area to celebrate Sol's 100th good deed! Sheila had kindly baked an apple cake (which was so delicious and similar to Latvian apple cake). Great effort. Heartfelt thank you from everyone.
The hilight of the evening was the delivery of Amy's poem called "Sol Sol Sol". The verses were absolutely genius rhyming with elegantly. The delivery of the poem was magnificient causing everyone to laugh and waiting what the next verse will bring out. We heard about Sol and sunshine, about Soil and earth, about cents and Peru currency, about soul and friendships.
I'm so proud to be part of the Goodgym team! Love you all!
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Well done Sol on your 💯 good deed! 👏👏👏❤️🎉🌟
What a wonderful report to complete your 💯, Sol Sol Sol! 🌟
Thank you all for the amaizing evening session! Full of laughter! 🙂
Gorgeous report Sol! Congratulations on your big 100! 🥳🤩
Here is the poem…
Sol, Sol, Sol,
Sol personifies the sun
She’s a luminary! A star!
She shines bright and always has fun
Sol, Sol, Sol,
Sounds a bit like ‘soul’
She puts her heart into GoodGyming
Whether dancing by a campfire or digging a hole
Sol, Sol, Sol,
It’s one letter away from soil!?
She’s in touch with the Earth,
She’ll get her hands dirty and makes light of toil
Sol, sol, a sol,
Is how we measure a day on Mars
It’s slightly longer than a day on Earth
Is that how she fits more into her day than we do into ours?
Sol, sol, sol
In pharmacy means solution
The only dissolving Sol does is into laughter!
And she likes to solve problems like litter and pollution
Sol, Sol, a Sol
Subdivides into 100 cents
Because it’s the currency in Peru!
Now she has a good deed for every cent! Am I making sense?
Sol, Sol, Sol
GoodGymer, Taskforce member, friend
We love the energy you bring to our team
So let’s celebrate! The End.
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