Stranded in Strand
18 GoodGymers made their way 4.0km to help their local community in Westminster.
- Wednesday, 9th of March 2016
Meanwhile in Westminster we headed down to see our dear friend at Rhythms of Life to help him hand out food to the rough sleepers in and around the Charing Cross area.
We meet as usual at Westminster University and headed out into the night.
A 1 mile tempo run after a gentle warm up took us weaving as normal through the back streets of our city as we made our way to Covent Garden.
Arriving safely we were greeted by Andrew who took us in to his building sat us down and talked us through what we were going to do and what we were not going to do.
He showed us all of the food that we would be handing out that had kindly been donated by local food shops. We boiled the kettles so we had hot water for the flasks so we can hand hot chocolate and coffees whilst we were out there. We grabbed socks, gloves, toiletries and hats split into two teams both taking two routes and we were off.
We covered some of the key hot spots in Charing Cross and had some great conversations with some of the rough sleepers. We handed out all of the food, drink and clothing we had followed by some emotional goodbyes and we were off with the promise that we would be back at some stage next month.
We ran back to base at pace and discussed on route how often communities like that are often not seen by passers by.
Most definitely some food for thought.
Thank you all for coming, till next time.
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