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.
In 2026, each state is hosting at least one CITO and this will be the one representing West Virginia! COme on out to help with the clean up! Terrain is easy and there will be plenty to clean up! There is lots of parking nearby and gloves, reflective vests, trash bags, and grabbers will be provided!
So, let's give back to the local areas that we cache in and do some cleaning up! Here's your chance to do some Cache In, Trash Out and clean up one of the areas that we like to cache in! If you attend this CITO, you'll get your fall CITO 2026 souvenir on your geocaching profile. Feel free to bring grabbers or other supplies if you have them. We will clean up the area, rain or shine!