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• Perkins City-Wide Clean Up Day

  • When
    04/17/2021
  •  
    8:00 AM - 3:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Perkins, Oklahoma

  City Wide Clean-Up Day

  April 17, 2021

  8:00 am-3:00 pm
  

  The City of Perkins in conjunction with Davis Sanitation is pleased to provide our citizens with this free service.

  Guidelines 2021

  Following are the guidelines to help you get the most out of Clean-Up Day.

  Curbside items must be out by 6:00 am to guarantee pickup

  Construction or demolition debris will not be accepted

  The following items will be picked up curbside:

  Please bag, box, or bundle all curbside items, including brush.

  Large piles of loose debris will not be picked up.

  • Brush-no longer than 4 feet in length and 2 inches in diameter, no more than 50 lbs.
  • Furniture that can be easily crushed
  • Mattresses up to full size
  • Miscellaneous household trash

  The following items need to be taken to the dumpsters on Industrial Road Proof of Residency Required for Access:
  

  • Large amounts of brush (The brush disposal area will be located behind Dickson Park ball fields)

  • Metal or wood longer than 4 feet in length or bigger than 2 inches in diameter

  • Railroad ties

  • Mattresses larger than full size

  • Heavy furniture, including sofa beds

  • Scrap metal

  • Appliances

  • Freezers, refrigerators, and air conditioning units must have Freon removed and be tagged prior to disposal.  Country Comfort will provide this service free of charge from August 3^rd – 7^th.  (See details below)

  We cannot accept:

  • Hazardous waste, including, but not limited to:

  • Paint

  • Herbicides

  • Fertilizers

  • Batteries of any type

  • Petroleum products

  • Tires

  • City Staff will be monitoring the unloading and exchanging of dumpsters; however, residents will be responsible for the unloading of all items into the dumpsters.

  Freezers, refrigerators, and air conditioning units must have freon removed and be tagged before disposal.  Country Comfort Heating and AC, located at 122 E. Thomas, will provide this service for free April 12th - 16th.  

  FREE document shredding will be offered by Payne County Bank at 202 S. Main from 9 am - 11 am. 
  

  • If you have any questions, please call Perkins City Hall at (405) 547-2445.

  
  

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• Chamber Golf Tournament 2021 (Planning Meeting)

  • When
    04/20/2021
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    D'Mario's Pizza

  Tuesday, April 20th

  12:00 p.m. - 1: 00 p.m.

  D'Mario's Pizza - Conference Room

  The Chamber Golf Tournament Committee will host a planning meeting on Tuesday, April 20th, 12-1pm at D'Mario's Pizza in Perkins.

  This is the biggest (and only) fundraiser of the year for the Perkins Community Chamber of Commerce.  Please join us, and help us plan this important event!

  We need you! 

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• Chamber Board of Directors Meeting

  • When
    04/22/2021
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Payne County Bank

  The monthly board meeting for Perkins Community Chamber of Commerce Officers.  Guests are welcome to attend to bring up items before the Board. If interested, please contact the Chamber Office to let us know you're coming: perkinschamber@gmail.com
  

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• Chamber Golf Tournament

  • When
    05/07/2021
  •  
    7:30 AM - 1:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Cimarron Trails Golf Course in Perkins

  The Perkins Community Chamber of Commerce will once again host their annual Fundraising Golf Tournament on Friday, May 7th, 2021.

  Join us at Cimarron Trails in Perkins for a great day of golf, food, and prizes.  The proceeds from the annual golf tournament fund ALL the Perkins Community Chamber of Commerce activities for the upcoming year.  This is the ONLY fundraiser for the Chamber (aside from membership dues).

  The Chamber funds a variety of activities, events, and agencies in our community including:

  • Monthly Meetings with educational programs and business networking
  • Payne County Premium Sale
  • College Scholarships
  • United Way of Payne County
  • 4 Kids and Community, Inc.

  The Chamber is also the primary host of several long-standing community events that are part of the heart of our community:

  • Old Settlers Day Parade and Festival
  • Monster Mash
  • Old Fashioned Country Christmas
  • City Wide Garage Sale Days
  • Trash Off

  We hope you can join us on Friday, May 07. 

  We need teams to participate!

  And we have plenty of sponsorship opportunities for those that don't golf, as well!  Watch your e-mails and the Facebook page for more information.

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• City-Wide Garage Sale Day (Fall)

  • When
    09/04/2021
  •  
    (CDT)
  • Location
    Perkins, Oklahoma

  If you've been collecting items for your annual garage sale, now's the time to get them organized and tagged. The annual City-Wide Garage Sales will be held Saturday, September 4th.

  The event, sponsored by the Perkins Community Chamber of Commerce, usually draws hundreds of treasure hunters to town. The Perkins Journal will print a garage sale map with locations of garage or yard sales in the September 1st issue.  Listings on the garage sale map cost $10, which includes a classifieds page listing along with the map listing.  Listings outside the city limits will also be included.  The deadline to be listed in the paper is 1 p.m. Monday, August 30th, for garage sale listings in the special pullout section. 

  To place your ad, call The Journal at (405) 547-2411

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• Pistol Pete 5K / 10K and 1 Mile Fun Run

  • When
    09/11/2021
  •  
    6:00 AM - 12:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Perkins, Oklahoma

  Online registration link will be posted here when open:

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  The annual Pistol Pete 5K / 10 K and 1 Mile Fun Run will be held Saturday, September 11th, 2021.

  Start / Finish Line located at 1008 E. Kirk, Perkins Tryon Elementary School.

  First 300 entrants receive a technical t-shirt 

  Sponsored by Perkins Flyers Fitness Group and Perkins Community Chamber of Commerce. Sanctioned by DG Road Racing ChampionChip Timing

  Proceeds to benefit: United Way of Payne County and Perkins Lions Den.

  Hope to see you the day of the race!

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• OLD SETTLERS DAY 2021

  • When
    10/09/2021
  •  
    8:00 AM - 1:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Downtown Perkins

  Old Setters Day (historically also know as Harvest Fest), is the Chamber's biggest event of the year!  This annual tradition, now in its 98th Year (started in 1923) brings the whole community together for a full morning of fun!  This year the event will be held on Saturday, October 09.  Activities historically include:

  • Main Street Parade
  • Pony Rides & Children's Games
  • Horseshow Pitching Contest
  • Entertainment & Food Trucks
  • Free Cake Walk
  • Hot Dog Eating Contest 
  • Dunk Tank & Vendor Booths
  • FFA Baking Contest & Auction 

  A list of events, with times, will be posted as we get closer to the event!

  The theme of this year's event is: _______________

  Vendor Booth Applications, Parade Entry Forms, and Sponsorship Opportunities can all be acquired by contacting the Chamber Office at (405) 747-6809, or e-mail: perkinschamber@gmail.com 

  We look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday, October 09 in Downtown Perkins!

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• Oklahoma Territorial Plaza Fundraising Dinner and Auction

  • When
    10/23/2021
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Dickerson Building at Oak Park Retreat Center

  Oklahoma Territorial Plaza Fundraising Dinner and Auction

  Saturday, October 23, 2021.

  6:30pm at Oak Park Retreat Center

  This is the only fundraising event for the Oklahoma Territorial Plaza Park.

  It’s the time of year to support the Oklahoma Territorial Plaza in Perkins! The annual fundraising dinner and auction will be held in the Dickerson Building at Oak Park in Perkins on October 23, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. The dinner is the only fund raising event for the Plaza. The funds are used to maintain the plaza throughout the year.  Have you noticed the new paint on the Old Church Center and the IXL School building; the way the Plaza grounds are always clean and mowed; the large number of citizens who use the Old Church Center, Vassar Community Center, pavilions, playground and splash pad?  All of that activity is because you have supported the Oklahoma Territorial Plaza with your donations and participation in the fundraising dinner and auction in the past. We are asking for your help again. Our goal is $30,000.

  Many of the past attendees at the dinner and auction have requested that we hold the dinner at an air-conditioned site.  The Perkins-Tryon Junior High Gym is not air-conditioned but has seated 252 people at 32 tables.  The Oak Park Dickerson Building is an air-conditioned venue we are using again year and it can accommodate 200 people at 25 tables.  We need your help to reach our goal of $30,000 to continue to maintain and develop the plaza and establish an endowment fund for the future.   However, we have a limited number of tickets to sell this year because of the change of venue.   Please request your tickets as soon as possible so you won’t be disappointed at not being able to get a ticket.  You can help in a number of ways and we urge you to immediately return the form at the bottom of this page to help us with this year’s fundraising effort.  Thank you!

  Oklahoma Territorial Plaza Fundraising Dinner and Auction Committee:  Judy Bartram, Lisa Bromley, Tiffani DeArmond, Bob Ernst, Eric Lovelace, Lisa Tanner, Judy Moorman, Virginia Sasser, and Darla Woody

  The official letter will be sent out later in the year.  Please check back for more information as the event approaches. 

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• Monster Mash Drive-Through Trunk-or-Treat

  • When
    10/31/2021
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Oklahoma Territorial Plaza Park

  36th Annual Monster Mash Drive-Through Trunk-or-Treat Event

  Sponsored by the Perkins Community Chamber of Commerce

  Date: Sunday, October 31, 2021

  Time: 5-7 p.m.

  Place: Oklahoma Territorial Plaza Park

  Details: Drive-Thru Event (please remain in your cars); Candy will be provided; Enter the park at the entrance by the splash pad (off of Kinder-Wells), Exit by Perkins Drug (one way traffic only).

  The Monster Mash was stared by the Perkins Chamber of Commerce in 1986 as a safe alternative to door-to-door trick-or-treating for children on Halloween.  Historically this free event was held each year in the Elementary School Gym.  In 2020, things changed, and we moved to a drive-through only  Trunk-or-Treat event, with the Chamber and other businesses in town providing candy to kids as they drove by.  After such a successful turnout last year, and due to the fact that we have simply outgrown the gym space, the trunk-or-treat style drive-through event will continue in 2021. 

  If your business would also like to participate by handing out your own bags of candy, you are more than welcome to!  Just plan on being in place by 4:45pm on the 31st! 

  If you have any questions, please call the Chamber Office! 

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• Children's Christmas Shoppe

  • When
    12/04/2021
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (CST)
  • Location
    Dickerson Building at Oak Park Retreat Center

  Children's Christmas Shoppe

  This popular event, now in its 4th year, is geared towards children that would like to come in and buy a little Christmas gift for their mothers and fathers, grandparents, siblings, teachers, etc.  The idea is that, with the help of donations from the Chamber and the Perkins community, there will be small, reasonably priced gifts that a child could come in, pick out, purchase, have wrapped, and then give as a gift. 

  Children between the ages of 3 and 12 will be able to purchase a gift for $1 - $3 with the help of a volunteer.  Gifts will be wrapped by volunteers for a surprise on Christmas morning. 

  All children are welcome while supplies last.

  Saturday, December 04

  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

  Dickerson Building at Oak Park Retreat Center

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• Old Fashioned Country Christmas

  • When
    12/09/2021
  •  
    5:00 PM - 8:00 PM (CST)
  • Location
    Oklahoma Territorial Plaza Park

  Old Fashioned Country Christmas is a long standing tradition in Perkins, Oklahoma.  The event, held each year in the Oklahoma Territorial Plaza Park, features a number of activities for children and adults alike. 

  New to the park two years ago is the automated light show, designed and operated by Will Clay of Perkins.  Mr. Clay plans to continue the light show this next year and beyond, adding to it and making it better with each passing year.

  The event will take place Thursday, December 09, 2021 from 5-8 p.m. 

  Come see the awesome light display, along with a myriad of activities, listed below: 

  A list of this year's activities with times will be updated later. 
  

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