April 22 is International CITO (Cache In Trash Out) day.
Coincidentally (or not!), it also corresponds with Earth Day. So
what do you say we celebrate Earth day, have some fun and clean a
park?
Henrietta Louise Edwards Park is a nice park on the South side
of the river, right across the Louise McKinney Park. The two parks
are connected via a nice, long footbridge. At the posted
coordinates, there is a big sheltered picnic area with firepits. We
will meet there and set up headquarters for the day. Since the two
parks are accessible from that location, we can easily go across
and clean both side of the river.
The picnic shelter which will serve as our headquarters
But before speaking of cleaning, let's talk fun stuff! We'll
start around 10:15 in the morning. As people arrive, we will find
some nearby geocaches, do some games, draw some prizes, and other
fun stuff. We will build a fire, so bring some food to roast (hot
dog, etc) and also bring your roasting sticks. Those who want can
also bring some food to share. Please contact Johnnygeo at (780)
914-1517 or via his profile page to
let him know what you are planning on bringing. That'll be a
blast!
| Then it's the serious stuff. We'll do at least one hour of
cleanup. Starting at around 1:00 pm, each of us will grab a bag or
two, a pair of work gloves and walk the trails in search of not
caches, but trashes(!) The City of Edmonton will provide the trash
bags, gloves and all other required material. They will also pick
up the bags afterward so we don't have to worry about anything!
Thanks to Johnnygeo for setting this up with the city staff. |
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The Henrietta Louise Edwards Park doesn't have a washroom, but
there will be a temporary toilet facility on site so you don't have
to worry about finding a spot in the woods to do your thing!
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Oh, yes! This is the first official CITO event in Edmonton!
While there was one
last year on April 16, the event was not registered as a CITO
event, so this is a chance, for everyone who attends, to get a new
icons on their stats page! |
| Tentative schedule |
| 10:15-11:00 |
Start some games, do some geocaching |
| 11:00-11:10 |
Introduction and safety talk by JohnnyGeo and Mr.
Speedy |
| 11:10-12:30 |
Start the CITO clean-up. |
| 12:30-13:30 |
LUNCH!!! |
| 13:30-14:30 |
Kids... Games! |
| 14:30-15:30 |
Kids... Clean-up! |
| 13:30-16:00 |
Adults... CITO clean-up |
You're not committed to the times, you can leave whenever you
need to and we're happy that you show up even if it's for an hour.
The times help us plan our day effectivly and we plan to stick to
it as much as possible 'cause we are committed to the CITO
cleanup. Note that we agreed to a challenge between
Edmonton and Medecine Hat, which are doing a similar event on the
same day. There will be a winning city, the one that brings back
more trash per head! We will be giving prizes for those who pick up
more trash.
Let's all show the world that Edmonton geocachers do
Care & Give Back.
