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As we prepare for Earth Day on April 22, the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association is organizing a “TCI Shines” campaign to clean up the island of Providenciales, and your help is needed.

On Saturday, April 16, starting at 6 a.m., anyone who cares about our environment is being asked to come out and help clean up our part of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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 successful events have seen hundreds of bags of garbage removed from the environment, helping to keep the TCI shining.

Anyone interested is 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.

Join together with other members of your office to give back to your community. Come out as a team to help collect bags of garbage and keep this country “Beautiful by Nature.” Volunteers are encouraged to wear their company logo T-shirts.

For more information, contact the TCHTA at 941-3455.