One Day. Many Communities. A World of Difference.
Members from the Geocaching Friends NL community have been invited to host a CITO on September 19, 2026 as part of a first ever coordinated worldwide CITO event in conjunction with World Cleanup Day 2026. Let's do our part and have a NL Kitchen Party CITO Event!
BACKGROUND
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.
DATE: September 20, 2026 (Amended Date)
TIME: 2:00 to 4:00 pm
LOCATION: Kenny's Pond Walking Trail
PARKING: Off Tiffany Lane (Check the additional waypoints for parking coordinates)
WHAT TO BRING: Gloves and pickup tools/grabbers and a camp chair if you'd like a seat for the mug-up. A reusable hot beverage container would be great so that we can cut back on single use contrainers.
DRESS ATTIRE: Dress for four seasons in one day which is a typical part of NL weather but add in some NL culture by throwing on your oil skins, lumber jacket, sou'wester and rubber boots. If anyone has a NL flag, please bring it along for a group photo.
THE MUG-UP : What's a NL Kitchen Party without grub and a few tunes. Please bring along an instrument if you can play and a NL style snack to share with your fellow geocachers. Your hosts will bring along the Coleman stove to boil the kettle for a cuppa tea.
It's gonna be a time so please log your WILL ATTEND and advise what NL style snack you're gonna bring.