Saugatuck Falls/John Read CITO Cache In Trash Out® Event
Planet: It's time to clean this one up. Thanks again to all the volunteers who helped keep this area nicer for all to enjoy!
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Saugatuck Falls/John Read CITO
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
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UPDATE 4-29-11 PLEASE NOTE: THE WOODEN BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER FOR
THE TRAIL ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED. ADDITIONAL TRAILHEADS
CAN BE FOUND OFF DIAMOND HILL RD. AND TO THE LEFT OF THE FIREHOUSE
ON UMPAWAUG RD. In the true geocaching spirit of Earth Day, I'm
hoping my fellow geocachers will help join me for a simple clean up
at one of my childhood spots.
Please let me know if you can volunteer a pick up truck to bring
what we collect to the Elementary School on Lonetown Rd., to help
the Town of Redding build Mount Trashmore at the school, by 4PM.
The CITO will be 11AM to 3-3:30PM. With the trash delivered to the
Elementary School by 4PM. I want to clean up the trailhead at the
Saugatuck Falls Natural Area, and the roadside in front of, and
along John Read Middle School, and perhaps down to the Mark Twain
Library. The Town of Redding will supply vests, bags and gloves.
We'll need a volunteer with a pick up truck to bring what we
collect to the town Green before 4PM. We will meet in the John Read
Middle School parking lot at 11AM and work to 3PM. This will give
us time to also find some caches in this beautiful rural town, and
the town will be providing some FTF swag, which I'll pull names out
of a CITO bag or something to pass out. Please bring your own
snacks, sandwich, and beverage. I will supply water, and recycle
the bottles. It's a simple clean up, going back to simpler times.
Now that the snow is melted, there will probably be a lot of
commuter trash along the roadside. Please wear a blaze orange vest,
or something bright red/orange/lime so you will be visible. If you
have a pokey stick, bring it along. A dowel, with a headless nail
hammered into one end, and a plastic end cap on the other end makes
a good pokey stick. If a lot of people show up, we can spread out
and clean other trails in town, as long as we bring the trash to
the Green by 4PM! Terrain can be a 1 to a 4, depending on where you
decide to CITO, 5 if you fall in the water. No swimming allowed!
Update 3/12/11: After the floods last week,
we might have quite a bit more debris to clean up along the stream
and roadside. Please let me know, by posting here, if you can
attend, so I can let the town know approximately how many vests,
gloves and bags to supply for us. Here is what the town is planning
for the day: Grab a trash bag and join your friends and
neighbors. Go out to your street, a nearby park, or any other
location and pick up any trash you find along the way. Then bring
it to the Town Hall and help create Mount Trashmore Let’s
fill up our bags and together we can make a difference! 9am –
Noon Pick up garbage bags, gloves & vests at Town Hall Green
Noon – 4pm Drop off filled garbage bags at Town Hall Green
(Please don’t overfill) Noon – 3pm Receive a coupon for
free ice cream when dropping off trash 2pm – 4pm Watch
construction of “Mount Trashmore” and Ice Cream Truck
at the Green 4:45pm – 5pm Mount Trashmore transported to
Transfer Station
Photo courtesy of a moonfox log on a nearby cache.
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