CAT to Host Wildcat Clean Up After Home Football Games
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 1, 2016) — Help keep Lexington's neighborhoods beautiful by participating in the Community Action Team's (C.A.T.) largest event of the semester — Wildcat Clean Up, beginning Sept. 25.
Wildcat Clean Up is aimed at cleaning up the neighborhoods surrounding Commonwealth Stadium after tailgating. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays after home football games (Sept. 25, Oct. 9, Oct. 23, Nov. 6 and Nov. 20), students will go to the most affected streets to pick up trash. This event is a partnership between C.A.T. and the Office of Off-Campus Student services, with support from University of Kentucky Athletics, UK Sustainability and Keep Lexington Beautiful. Participants will receive a free T-shirt to be worn while out in the neighborhoods cleaning up courtesy of funding from UK Athletics.
C.A.T. is a new initiative designed to facilitate service opportunities for UK students on a regular basis by putting on a variety of pop-up events throughout the year. Additionally, C.A.T. provides service consultations to help students find the organization that best fits their volunteering needs based on the programs within the Center for Community Outreach.
Participation on all dates is requested. For more information, please contact CAT.ukcco@gmail.com.
C.A.T. is a new initiative by the UK Center or Community Outreach. The CCO seeks to serve, connect and unite the University of Kentucky with the surrounding community in collaborative efforts to promote lifelong community service. For more information about the CCO, visit www.ukcco.org.
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CCO CONTACT: Erica Daly, publicrelations.ukcco@gmail.com
MEDIA CONTACT: Katy Bennett or Rebecca Stratton, katy.bennett@uky.edu or rebecca.stratton@uky.edu, 859-257-1909/859-323-2395