The Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association is organizing a “TCI Shines” campaign to clean up the island of Providenciales, in preparation for Earth Day.
On Saturday, April 16, starting at 6 a.m. anyone who cares about the environment is being asked to come out and help clean up the TCI.
Each year the organization of various hotels, restaurants and tour operators joins together with members of the community to collect debris from around the island of Providenciales in an effort to help make the country shine. Previous successes have seen hundreds of bags of garbage removed from the environment, helping to keep the TCI shining.
Everyone interested in helping is being asked to assemble at the Children’s Park in the Bight at 6 a.m. From there the different teams will caravan to assigned zones to begin the cleaning process at 6:30 a.m. At 10:30 a.m., volunteers should make their way back to the Bight Park for lunch and a brief presentation.
Volunteers should wear comfortable shoes (tennis shoes recommended, no sandals) cap/bandana, sunglasses, sunscreen and loose clothing because temperatures can reach the 80s.
Clean up zones will include all areas from the Bight Park through Grace Bay, as well as along the Leeward Highway and into Blue Hills.
