17 Month Streak
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📍York Sport Village YO10 5FG
Tending trees for the future
Wed 12th Jun at 6:00pm
Create a learning space for children
Read moreMon 13th May at 6:15pm
York Report written by Ed Woollard (He/Him)
Today's group run took an antipodean theme as we numbered off by stating our favourite things about Australia, featuring Koalas, crocodiles and a bit of Kylie. We also welcomed back Craig (aka Daddy Haggart) for his first group run in 2 years. Give him a big cheer! 💪
There was also a PB to celebrate with Debs smashing out her fastest ever 5k at the weekend 👏. And a milestone achievement with Stefan completing his 250th Good Deed early in the week. Well done guys.
We set off with Ed leading and Nikki and Amy backmarking, shortly arriving at West Bank Park to be greeting by Christine from the City of York Council environment team. Whilst waiting for Christine to finish unloading her van we had a quick round of Mexican wave star jumps, taking at least 3 attempts to make it all the way round!
The task itself involved us splitting into 3 groups. Team 1 were in charge of filling up a water butt over by the wildlife pond. Team 2 were tasked with restoring a soil area by the pergolas that had suffered from grass-creep. And team 3 helped Christine pack away some tools before turning over the compost area in the play park.
Team 1 dived straight in (not literally) and soon got into a rhythm of running water between the tap and the butt, even if they weren't entirely sure why.
Team 2 debated over exactly what edge they were restoring but soon made excellent progress, and made some clearly defined, if not straight, lines with their edging tools.
Team 3 made light work of the compost bins and started to look for additional work, with Max getting very engrossed in his benchmarking app! But before too long they were back at it with bags to fill with compost and some DIY to do to help keep the compost bins stable.
With time running out team 1 joined forces with team 2 to help them get tidy before it was time to wrap things up and get stuck into tonight's fitness sesh.
The fitness session loosely involved some core strength exercises, but was really just an excuse to make use of the dry weather to get people crawling around on the ground. Teams of 3 would alternate between going under and over their team mates in a race. As Ed was needed to help make up the numbers he was assured that there would be no cheating!
A fab session in the sunshine with lots of work done. Well done all
Thu 16th May at 6:30pm
Help prepare for the next book sale to raise funds for the library
Read moreSun 12th May at 1:30pm
St Leonard finished their plant sale and required help tidying up after the event. The fantastic five helped out and accomplished the following:
Cleaned the tables ✅ Cleared away the tables ✅ Ate some cake ✅ Stacked and tidied the chairs ✅ Moved unsold plants and trees ✅ Ate some doughnuts ✅ Picked up litter ✅ Ate some more cake ✅
Overall a success!
Sat 11th May at 10:00am
York Report written by York runner
Four of us went along on a sunny Saturday to help Treemendous check on the saplings up at Kimberlow Hill.
This involved taking a peek inside each tree guard to see whether its occupant was still alive, then pulling out any weeds, replacing the guard and straightening the stake if necessary. It turns out that tree guards make ideal vertical ant nests - so quite a few of our trees were sharing their living quarters with these high-rise apartm-ants! However, the trees took priority, meaning we had to knock down the nests to make sure the growing tree trunks weren't smothered.
Fri 10th May at 11:00am
York Report written by Laura Barrett
7 of us met at Rowntree Park to help the Make Space for Girls project to finish off the area ready for this evening's launch event. This is aiming to reduce the drop off of park use in girls as they reach their teenage years. They had fundraised for a bench, basket swing and balance log which we tested in the interest of quality control! They had saved some log stumps from a fallen tree which we collected from various locations and helped secure in place with wooden stakes that were bashed into place either side with mallets and screwed into the logs. We then retired for a well deserved lunch in the cafe.
Thu 9th May at 6:30pm
York Report written by Vicky Hearson (she/her)
things we did tonight
ran * chatted * enjoyed sunshine * ate food * drank * had a very pleasant evening in the company of friends
Sat 11th May at 10:00am
Tending trees for the future (you’re welcome to join for any time you can spare!)
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