Neighborhood Watch Patrol Training We need more volunteers!
Did you know that you can keep your neighborhood safe from the comfort of your car? Read on to learn more about Neighborhood Watch Patrol!
Neighborhood Watch Patrol is about neighbors partnering with the police to become trained observers and reporters in their neighborhoods.
Join OKC Police Departments’ Master Sergeant Dean Wyatt and the Neighborhood Alliance team to learn more about your neighborhood’s Neighborhood Watch and Neighborhood Watch Patrol programs.
This training will be offered from Thursday, Sept. 29th from 6:30-7:30 PM at OCPD Southwest Division 5501 S Portland Ave Oklahoma City, OK 73112 (A light dinner will be served)
Registration is required to attend. Please register now by clicking HERE.
Crime Patrol Volunteer- Harvest Hills South
Please let us know if you can spare a couple hours a week or month to help protect Harvest Hills South. We have people who can partner with you if needed. We have lost several patrollers due to illness and some have moved out of the neighborhood, so we really need your support. Let us know after you register and one of our patrollers will meet you there.
flexible with the scheduling- mornings, afternoon and evening shifts available.
How can we all help
Keep your outside lights on at night. Several streets are very dark and welcoming to crime.
Make sure we have your contact phone numbers, so the patrollers can call you if you have your garage door open at night.
Practice the 9pm rule. At 9pm, you check to make sure your garage and doors are closed and locked.
Look at your neighbors across from you to see if theirs is closed too. If theirs are open, call and let them know.
Tell your family and friends to help us support the neighborhood by eating at one of the best local burger places around! Just make sure you tell them you are here to support Harvest Hills South when you order.
Join us for our annual neighborhood party this week!!
We would love to see you for this event where we can get to know one another and hang with the whole family. Remember, a social neighborhood is a safe neighborhood, so promote crime prevention by throwing a great party.
Neighborhood events are an opportunity for you, your neighbors and local businesses to forge relationships and build community. We would love to see everyone out making new friends!
Join us from 6pm-8pm for Live Music by local band Shades Of Gray while we play lawn games and Bingo on NW 79th. We will have local food trucks Coits Rootbeer and Hotdogs as well as Oklahoma Kettle Corn, who also serves lemonade. This is an all ages event that will have a bounce house and door prizes.
Please be safe and remember that fireworks are illegal within the city limits of Oklahoma City. Please do not set any off within the neighborhood. I have attached a list of 22 places where you can go on multiple nights this weekend to see fireworks legally from Brandy McDonnell of the Oklahoman. Wherever you go, be safe!
22 events in 2022 where you can celebrate July 4th across Oklahoma
Edmond’s Independence Day extravaganza is celebrating its 50th anniversary with several events. The festivities start with the long-running rodeo at 8 p.m. June 24-26 at Carl Benne Arena, followed by a car show from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 25 at Hafer Park and KiteFest from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 25 and 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 26 on the west side of Mitch Park.
The celebration continues with the Concert in the Park at 7:30 p.m. June 30 near Mitchell Hall on the University of Central Oklahoma campus. ParkFest is from 12:30 to 3 p.m. July 2 at Mitch Park, the road rally begins at 10 a.m. July 3 at Earl’s Rib Palace, and the Liberty Sprint starts at 7:30 a.m. July 3 at at Ayers and Broadway.
On July 4, the parade begins at 9 a.m. in downtown Edmond and what’s billed as the metro area’s largest fireworks display blasts off at 9:30 p.m. at Hafer Park.
2. Stars & Stripes River Festival and Block Party
When and where: 8 a.m. to dusk June 25 and July 2 in the Boathouse District, 725 S Lincoln Blvd.
The Stars & Stripes River Festival is expanding this year to two days of events over two weekends. On June 25, the Stars & Stripes Regatta will include rowing and dragon boating racing along with Riversport Adventures, whitewater rafting, food and live music, capped off with fireworks on the Oklahoma River.
On July 2, the Stars & Stripes Block Party will start with dog yoga and feature surfing and whitewater fun, plus special attractions like a Dog Dock Diving exhibition, live music, a watermelon eating contest, yard games, food and more fireworks at dusk.
3. Red, White & Boom!
When and where: 8:30 p.m. July 3 at Scissortail Park, 300 SW Seventh.
Attractions will include yard games, face painting, a cornhole tournament, food trucks, adult beverages and live music, culminating in a fireworks show at dusk.
5. Yukon Freedom Fest
When and where: 5 to 10 p.m. July 3 and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 4 at Chisholm Trail Park, 500 W Vandament, and City Park, 2200 S Holly Ave.
The free two-day celebration includes a car show, children’s parade, sand art competition, the Cherry Bomb Youth Triathlon, hot dog eating contest, food trucks and more. The Hi-Fi Hillbillies, Irv Wagner’s Concert Band will play July 3, while Super Freak and the OKC Philharmonic will perform July 4. Plus, fireworks shows will blast off at 10 p.m. both days.
6. Mustang Firefighter’s Freedom Celebration
When and where: 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. June 25 in Mustang’s Wild Horse Park, 1201 N Mustang Rd.
The event includes food trucks, fire trucks, a live DJ and more family fun activities. Fireworks are legal in Mustang from June 27 through July 4, so no individual fireworks are permitted within Wild Horse Park during the June 25 celebration.
7. Midwest City’s Tribute to Liberty
When and where: 6 p.m. July 4 at Joe B. Barnes Regional Park, 8700 E Reno Ave.
The event features live music, including The Andrews Sisters Tribute by Character Connection Co. and a performance by The Wise Guys, along with food trucks and a 9:45 p.m. fireworks show.
8. Tulsa’s Folds of Honor FreedomFest
When and where: 6 to 10 p.m. July 4 on the banks of the Arkansas River in Tulsa.
The festivities will include children’s activities, live music and a Red Bull Sky Dive Team Jump Landing. The activities will be divided between River West Festival Park, 2100 S Jackson Ave., and Dream Keepers Park (formerly Veterans Park), 1875 S Boulder Ave., and culminate at 9:30 p.m. with a fireworks over the Arkansas River, staged from the 21st Street Bridge.
9. Bethany Freedom Fest
When and where: 10 a.m. July 2 in downtown Bethany and at Eldon Lyon Park.
The celebration will continue with Street Fest, including a car show, entertainment and vendors, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Bethany. At 9:55 p.m., fireworks will light up Eldon Lyon Park, which will open at 7 p.m.
10. Moore’s Celebration in the Heartland
When and where: 2 to 10 p.m. July 4 in Buck Thomas Park, 1903 NE 12 in Moore.
The celebration will include food trucks, hometown hospitality and vendors, but the main event will be the 9:30 p.m. fireworks show set to music. Car access to the park will be prohibited after 4 p.m., and Lakeview Bridge will be closed at 7 p.m. But free parking will be offered at Stillwater High School’s Pioneer Stadium and Cimarron Plaza.
12. Choctaw Independence Day Celebration
When and where: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 4 at Choctaw Creek Park, 2001 N Harper Rd.
The fireworks will launch from the Southpoint Recreation Area across Lake Eufaula from the marina. Seating will be available at Eufaula High School’s Paul Bell Stadium, 530 Lakeland Drive.
14. Blanchard Independence Day Celebration
When and where: 6 to 10 p.m. July 2 at Independence Park, U.S. Highway 62 and NE 10 in Blanchard.
The event includes helicopter rides, a kids zone, food and vendors, military honors, live music by SquadLive and the Oklahoma City Symphonic Band and a fireworks display.
15. Lawton Fort Sill Freedom Festival
When and where: 4 to 9:30 p.m. July 1 and 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. July 2 in Lawton’s Elmer Thomas Park, 501 NW Ferris Ave.
The attractions on July 1 will include food trucks, zip lines, bounce houses and street performers. The daylong festivities July 2 also will include the Parade in the Park, live music by Oklahoma “American Idol” contestant Emily Faith and the 77th Army Rock Band and a huge fireworks show choreographed to music at 9:30 p.m.
16. Quapaw Nation Powwow
When and where: July 1-4 at the Quapaw Nation tribal grounds, 5681 S 630 Rd. in Quapaw.
Food trucks, inflatables, live music, a watermelon seed-spitting contest, a mechanical bull and more will be part of the festivities, plus fireworks at dusk.
18. McLoud Blackberry Festival
When and where: 5 to 10 p.m. July 8 and 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 9 at Veterans Memorial Park, Sixth and Park in McLoud.
One of the oldest continual festivals in the state, this event was designed to celebrate both the blackberry harvest and July 4. Dating back to the 1940s, the fest includes a carnival, parade, live music, the Cobbler Gobbler contest and more.
19. Jenks Boomfest at the Oklahoma Aquarium
When and where: 6:30 p.m. July 4 at the Oklahoma Aquarium, 300 Aquarium Drive.
Folks can visit the aquarium’s indoor exhibits, then head outside to watch the fireworks at about 9:30 p.m. Food trucks and beverage options will be available, and attendees can bring lawn chairs and blankets. Last tickets are sold at 8:30 p.m., and all aquarium exhibits close at 9 p.m. Members are admitted free, non-members pay general admission rates, and parking is available for $10.
20. Purcell Independence Day Celebration
When and where: 5 to 10 p.m. July 1 at Purcell Lake, 1400 Chandler Rd.
The old-fashioned fun ranges from the egg toss and turtle races to the boot throw and money in the straw. The community’s Independence Day festivities also include the 76th annual Pawnee Indian Veterans Homecoming June 30-July 3 at the Pawnee Football Field, the Pawnee Indian Veterans Parade at noon July 2 in downtown Pawnee, and fireworks at 10 p.m. July 4 at Pawnee Lake.
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Due to the increasing crime, we need more patrollers for both days and nights. Please volunteer! We can work with anyone’s schedule. Training is being offered on Saturday by Officer Skalla. Please go to the website listed below and complete the registration. Please let me know if you will be attending and we can meet you there and let you know more about Harvest Hills South and our schedule.
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