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.

The event will start at the Love Civic Center Sports Pavilion early Saturday morning. Beginning at 7
am, Thomas A. Ables and 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.

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.