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.
Rhode Island event:
Let's help out SC048, James Andrews Lot, on a Saturday.
Description from RI Historical Cemeteries:
| Located beside East Road (Route #116) 1500 feet north of Waterman Drive. James Arnold recorded this lot 17 Oct 1904, Vol. 5, Pg. 124. "On the next farm south from Dea. Daniel Sweets beside the road a burial yard well walled but badly neglected." |
The reason we are including this cemetery this year (the nation's 250th) is that there are TWO Revolutionary War veterans in a lot where there are only 17 burials recorded.
The lot is recorded as 50'' x 48''. It abuts the road and the access is level, other than the surrounding stone wall. Please park with care along the east side of East Road (Route 116).
We will be doing light removal of brush, vines, and other debris here, performing stone cleanup, tidying, repairing, and resetting stones. You may learn some interesting skills, such as how to safely clean gravestones, the significance of some of the iconography, practices relating to positioning the burials, and performing repairs.
Helpful items to bring:
Drinking water
Alcohol gel (in case there is any poison ivy)
Snacks
Gloves
Knee pads
Sunscreen/hat
Long pants
Hand tools like clippers, shovels, rakes, and saws - it's a great idea to mark these with your initials
Please use caution. Safety is most important, both for the volunteers and of the cemetery and stones. Watch out for possible thorns, poison plants, and ticks. Dressing for exposure to these is a great idea. Save your flip-flops and shorts for another event!