It’s time for Trash-Off! Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 11th, when our community will come together once again to make Paris and Lamar County even more beautiful and inviting. Over 30 volunteer teams are expected to take to local neighborhoods, parks, local waterways, and county roads to pick up litter. The event is organized by Keep Paris Beautiful, the United Way of Lamar County, the City of Paris, and Lamar County government, but the real heroes will be the volunteers who step up, and the generous event sponsors who are underwriting the project.
The event will start at the Love Civic Center Sports Pavilion early Saturday morning. Beginning at 7 am, Thomas A. Ables & Associates will provide donuts and coffee for the early-riser volunteers. Starting at 7:15 am, teams who have not pre-registered can do so, and then pick up their volunteer t-shirts, equipment and location assignments. Also, at 7:15 pre-registered teams can pick up their location assignments. At 8:00 am everyone will come together for safety instructions, and a group photo, and then it’s go time! Teams will dispatch to their assigned cleanup locations where they’ll spend one to three hours collecting trash.
“Keep Paris Beautiful is honored to organize the 4th Annual Trash-Off. We couldn’t do it without generous partners, sponsors and amazing volunteers“ says Keep Paris Beautiful Executive Director Julia Trigg Crawford. “Every year over 200 volunteers come together to make our community a cleaner and more beautiful place to live, work and visit, and we look forward to another big turnout this year. We invite you to join us and be part of this fun and impactful community event.”
This is an ideal opportunity for folks of all ages representing families, athletic teams, professional organizations, businesses, school clubs, church groups, non-profits, etc., to demonstrate their pride in our hometown.
For more information, and to register online, go to www.paristexas.gov/trashoff. Pre-registered teams are encouraged to pick up their volunteer tshirts, safety vests, grabbers, gloves and trash bags ahead of time at the United Way Office (2340 Lamar Avenue) on April 8, 9, or 10 from 9 to 11 am. Free event t-shirts will be available for the first 150 volunteers. To arrange a special pickup time please call the United Way office at 903.784.6642. Volunteers can also register the morning of the event at the Love Civic Center Sports Pavilion.
For more information, please contact Keep Paris Beautiful Executive Director Julia Trigg Crawford at keepparisbeautiful@gmail.com or 713.443.8789.
