Dash 4 Trash

By Jeff Curtis, Director Orange Downtown Alliance | Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2010

On your mark, get set, Dash! On Saturday, June 26, Clean-Up teams will grab a grocery cart, garbage bags and gloves and dash into downtown Orange to participate in a litter-collecting scavenger hunt, Dash for Trash. Teams of litter pickers will scour the town for cigarette butts, used batteries, old hub caps and bagged dog litter to rack up points. Each type of litter has a different value associated with it and teams that find one of the Golden Tickets get to add even more points to their score. The student teams that show the most spirit, collect the most recyclables and accumulate the most points will win cash prizes.

Dash for Trash is an event that is co-sponsored by the Orange Downtown Alliance and the Orange County Litter Control Committee.  Dash for Trash gives residents, families, clubs, businesses, and organizations the opportunity to help clean up downtown Orange while enjoying some friendly competition with other teams. Teams are required to register with ODA if they wish to participate.

The event will start at the Visitor’s Center (old train depot) at 10:00 a.m. Teams will have two hours to collect trash. The points will be counted and prizes will be awarded to the winning teams that evening at the Trashy Ribs and Blues Festival from 6 – 9p. 

For more information, contact Laura Carter at 672-0790, sullaura@verizon.net or Jeff Curtis, director@ornagedowntownalliance.org