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Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center is holding its annual Community Trash-Off Saturday, March 1. 

The event will take place at the City of Orange Riverside Pavilion, 709 Simmons Drive and begin at 8 a.m. Orange Mayor Larry Spears will give opening remarks at the event.

Community Trash-off is a one-day event where anyone can register a team to help pick up trash from area neighborhoods and waterways in an effort to beautify the city. Each team will be assigned a section of the city to clean up so as to not overcrowd one area.

Community Trash-off began in 1995 with a small group of citizens coming together to clean up the Adams Bayou. This annual event became an official program of the Stark Foundation in 1995 when Shangri La was being built.  Since then the event continued for 30 years and expanded to clean Sabine River along with the streets of Orange, Pinehurst and West Orange. 

“It is really important to set a good example for our youth and this is a great way for all of us to get together and show that team spirit and get involved,” Amara Townsend, Volunteer Coordinator “ We hope that people don’t wait once a year for trash-off to get involved and clean up and maybe even adopt streets in their city”

All participating teams will receive a free T-shirt and a free lunch after the is over. 

 

Editor’s Note: A date was changed to reflect the correct year the program began.