Let’s clean up our City again this year! Cache In Trash Out (CITO)
is an activity intimately tied to geocaching. While out there on a
cache hunt, we collect litter along the trails and properly dispose
of it. On certain days, we also participate in much larger clean-up
events that involve and benefit the larger community. Billings
geocaching group (BGCG.info) is again sponsoring Cache In Trash Out
Day. This year, our annual event, it will be on April
19,2008. Together, we make an enormous positive impact with
just a little joint effort. Cache In Trash Out Day is an
opportunity for geocachers to help clean up the parks and other
cache-friendly places throughout the world. Through our volunteer
efforts, we help preserve the natural beauty of our outdoor
resources. Cache In Trash Out Day is made possible each year by a
partnership between Groundspeak and the entire geocaching
community, with support from local businesses and other
organizations. You can help by volunteering for an existing cleanup
event or by organizing within our own community through our
program. This initiative started in 2003, when geocachers around
the world organized 67 cleanup events in 5 countries and 28 States.
There were 1180 unique logs posted showing participation in these
events, and hundreds more acted locally in recognition of this
important day. The events were such a huge success that Groundspeak
committed to carry on the tradition. Same as last year, It will be
at Black Otter Trail which has been a popular site for kids of all
ages to play, neck, hike, drink, smoke, and leave remnants of the
fun they have had there for a long time. Currently home of a couple
of cache that was hidden as far back as March 2002, this cache site
was one of the first ones placed in the Billings area. Billings
parks and rec. have offered to help by providing and picking up the
bags of trash we collect. We will be working on getting coffee and
what ever we can (donuts) from the local merchants for in the
morning. We invite you to come meet at Kelly's (Swords Park) grave
site. Bring gloves to pick up all kinds of trash at 10 AM on
April 19th. After 2-3 hours of trash pick-up, we will adjourn
to go caching and/or to lunch. Last year was great and every year
gets better so lets make this year the best of all. Please log in
early if you think you maybe able to attend please Come join us and
meet fellow cachers! Be sure to bring gloves, a pick up stick.
UP DATE
Greetings fellow Cachers. We are looking forward to seeing
everyone at the event this Saturday and please fell free to bring
some friends along. We have gathered most of the items for the CITO
event. We have the hamburgers (64), hotdogs (40), Cheese, catsup,
mustard, 2 bags of chips, water, plates, plastic ware, charcoal and
fluid. We still need the following items:anyone want to bring some
of the items? We will pick up what is still needed Saturday
morning. 6 packs of hamburger buns 4 packs of hotdog buns tomato's
(sliced)for 30 people onions (sliced) Side dishs and some of those
great snacks. Please post on this event cache site what you can
bring. Please remember to bring your gloves, pickup sticks and a
chair for each of you.