Oakridge Photo Galleries – Oakridge Neighborhood Association

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2023 National Night Out

Bringing Oakridge Neighbors and friends together!

2023 Beat the Heat-Meet and Greet

Meeting our new NPO, Officer Jordan Murphy and Celebrating our beloved NPO, Officer Tommy Barnes.

Meet Officer Jordan Murphy, Oakridge NPO

Dan & Joan Nichols, Crime and Safety Directors

2023 April Spring Party

Kicking off our new fiscal year in the neighborhood!

2022 National Night Out

National Night Out returns!

2022 Spring Fling

The return of the Spring Fling (after a 2-year absence) was welcomed by many Oakridge residents!

2022 Membership Pop-up Events

Neighbors enjoyed gathering at these small events throughout the neighborhood.

2021 November Food and Sock Drive

Oakridge Residents donated packages of new socks and an impressive 1,358 pounds of food for Good Samaritans of Garland. Way to go!

October Walk & Greet with Ice Cream

Neighbors headed outside to enjoy the evening & to swing by the golf club parking lot for a free ice cream from the DFW Ice Cream Truck.

2021 National Night Out

2021 Membership Pop-Up Events

03-2021 Oakridge Walk and Greet

Neighbors headed outside at sunset to greet each other.

03-2021 Oakridge Food Drive

Oakridge residents’ food donations tipped the scales at 1,517 pounds (a 488-pound increase over the food drive last October). In addition to the food donations, there was a total of $270 in cash donations for Good Sam to use in restocking their food pantry. Way to go Oakridge!

11-2020 Duck Creek Cleanup

Thank you to everyone who came out to help clean the trash out of the creek. For a review of the event, see the November 2020 Newsletter.

Oakridge Holiday Meals for First Responders

With a few changes to respect protocols required during the pandemic, Oakridge residents continued the annual tradition of providing holiday meals (Thanksgiving and Christmas) for Fire Stations 3 & 11 (which service Oakridge) and the Garland Police Department.

Read about it in the January 2021 newsletter.

Chef Dale (In the Cut Cafe) cooked & assembled Thanksgiving meals for GPD

Oakridge resident Oliver Harter (center) helped deliver Thanksgiving meals to GPD

Oliver Harter & Dan Nichols prep food for GPD Christmas meals

Dan & Joan Nichols prep food for GPD Christmas meals

Sharon Parrish helped deliver Christmas meals to Fire Station 3

Oakridge donation of stuffed animals to GPD for children in need

Oakridge Food Drive for Good Samaritans of Garland

Residents gave a whopping 1,029 pounds in donations during the two hour Food Drive on October 18th. Way to go!
Read about it in the November 2020 Newsletter.

2020 Oakridge National Night Out Caravan

Many residents headed outside to greet the Garland Police and Oakridge Citizens On Patrol as they made their way through Oakridge for National Night Out.

Oakridge Walk & Greet

The Oakridge Walk & Greet on September 18th brought many residents out for a sunset stroll.
We had lovely weather that evening as we greeted our neighbors. (Click on the pictures to enlarge.)

Golden Chick Donates to Garland Police Department

The Oakridge Crime Watch Captain asked – and Golden Chick responded. We are so appreciative of Golden Chick’s
generous donation of 100 box lunches to the Garland Police Department!

2020 Easter Caravan

This Easter, Oakridge residents Rebecca Chanez and Melanie Busby organized a fun Easter Caravan to spread some
much-needed cheer around our neighborhood. They even thought to invite the Oakridge COPs to join in on the fun.
Thank you Rebecca and Melanie for organizing this event and inviting the COPs to participate!

Thanks to all our COPs for joining in on the fun Easter Caravan!

Living in Oakridge - 2020

Oakridge is full of families, friends, and residents willing to lend a hand or spread some joy!

Beautiful Oakridge - 2020

Thank you to all of the Oakridge gardeners who surprise us with beauty around each corner!

ONA 2019 Christmas Decoration Contest

The neighborhood looked so beautiful for the 2019 holidays. Read details in the January 2020 Newsletter.

ONA Receives Neighborhood of the Year Awards

The ONA was honored with 2 awards in 2019: City of Garland Neighborhood of the Year and Neighborhood Newsletter of the Year.

Read details on the Oakridge Awards page of the website or in the December 2019 Newsletter.

Holiday Meals/Snacks for Fire and Police Stations

Continuing a longstanding (and award-winning) annual tradition, Oakridge provided Thanksgiving and Christmas meals for Garland Fire Stations 3 & 11,
as well as snack items for the Garland Police Station. Oakridge residents generously provided enough money to
also furnish stuffed animals for the stations to use when working on the job with frightened children.

Oakridge National Night Out 2019

Click on the photo collage below to view our National Night Out 2019 page and gallery of photos

COPs (Citizens On Patrol) in Action

Lee Litton, Mark Edwards and – the legends – Bill & Brenda Olive. Beside Brenda is our amazing NPO, Officer Tommy Barnes.

Citizens Police Academy, Class # 53

Oakridge Participants included Oliver Harter, Dan & Joan Nichols, and Lee Litton.
This hands-on experience was an inside look at the Garland Police Department with helicopter, K-9, SWAT, and more.