Beaumont, Texas - More than 1,300 volunteers have registered to pitch in for the Beaumont Trash-Off on Saturday, April 6. Participants will don bright green shirts and pick up litter in several locations throughout the city from 9 to 11 a.m.

Mayor Becky Ames will be volunteering and available for comment at the Beaumont Athletic Complex at 8:30 a.m. Mayor Ames will then join city staff and volunteers between 11:30 and noon at the Sterling-Pruitt Activity Center. At that time, she will provide the day's volunteer total and the combined weight of the litter collected.

Volunteers will be in various areas surrounding the registration sites below.

• Athletic Complex, 950 Langham Road
• Charlton-Pollard Park, 2025 Sabine Pass
• Sprott Park, 4325 Usan St.
• Sterling Pruitt Activity Center, 2930 Gulf St.
• Wuthering Heights Park, 3650 Delaware St.

Lunch will be provided at 11:30 a.m. The event will be held rain-or-shine.

WHAT: 2013 Beaumont Trash-Off
DATE: Saturday, April 6, 2013
TIME: 8:30 a.m. - noon
INFORMATION: 409-785-4701