{"id":130746,"date":"2024-02-13T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=130746"},"modified":"2024-08-21T15:49:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T22:49:48","slug":"cache-in-trash-out-cito-announcement-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/cache-in-trash-out-cito-announcement-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Cache In Trash Out\u00ae (CITO) Announcement for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITO<\/strong><br \/>\nverb [\u02c8s\u0113 \u02c8t\u014d]<br \/>\nTo repair, restore, or improve your surroundings, both natural and built.<\/p>\n<p>Cache In Trash Out\u00ae (CITO) is an opportunity for geocachers to beautify and restore natural and urban spaces. Since 2002, more than 675,000 geocachers logged attendances at over 37,000 CITO Events that helped improve the outdoors.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Actions often speak louder than words; from collecting trash to planting trees, and all other kinds of CITO activities, when we CITO, we make our world a better place. We build community with our geocaching neighbors and leave our incredible geocaching gameboard better than how we found it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This year\u2019s CITO dates are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CITO 2024, Season 1<\/strong><br \/>\nFriday, March 1 through Friday, May 31, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>CITO 2024, Season 2<\/strong><br \/>\nSunday, September 1 through Saturday, November 30, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Attend or host any CITO Event to earn the CITO 2024, Season 1 and the CITO 2024, Season 2 souvenirs.<\/p>\n<p>Only one souvenir is available per season. 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