URGENT UPDATE: Parks and Recs has just updated me Saturday is duck season start and we'll have a lot of less than safe activity at first GC. Actual location to meet up at 9am is PC MILLS PARK 40.183564, -92.592238.
In honor of Worldwide Cleanup Day, there is a great Geocaching effort: CITO around the world! (Info below)
Doing my part in the Kirksville area, the plan is to start at 9am. Current plan is to start at PC MILLS PARK( not at coordinates) to clean up this popular fishing area. At 11-11:30 (depends how fast we get it), we shall move to N 40° 11.917' W 92° 35.528' at Spur pond to clean up that area.
I will supply buckets, bags, and grabbers. I will have waters as well.
If you can only come for a portion of the CITO, that is fine, just be sure to sign the log Bucket before you go.
Since it's a longer CITO and not everyone will be able to stay the whole time, I will try to have attendance gifts, but I will also be having a Geocaching.com gift card for whoever collects the most trash across the event.
I ALSO PLAN TO HAVE A SHARABLE SOUVENIR TO BE REDEEMED FOR ATTENDING. Haven't done one yet so this'll be a first for me.
One Day. Many Communities. A World of Difference.
A little over 2 years ago georeyna a geocacher in Houston, TX asked a simple question - What could happen if geocachers around Texas came together on one day to make their communities cleaner? Based on that simple question, Texas Geocaching Association (TXGA) created an event named CITO Across Texas in conjunction with World Cleanup Day.
Geocachers throughout Texas held cleanup events on the third Saturday in September. Each event is locally organized, but together they became part of something much bigger. CITO Across Texas was born!
The results have been tremendous. During 2024 and 2025:
- More than 50 CITO events were held across Texas.
- More than 700 volunteers participated.
- Thousands of pounds of trash were removed from parks, trails, waterways, neighborhoods, and other public spaces.
In 2026, we want to take the next step and we are inviting the worldwide community of geocachers to help clean up our game board.