- 2024 National Night Out
- 2023 National Night Out
- 2023 Beat the Heat, Meet and Greet (Changing of the NPO Guard)
- 2023 Spring Party
- 2022 National Night Out
- 2022 Spring Fling
- 2022 Membership Pop-up Events
- 2021 November Food & Sock Drive
- 2021 October Walk & Greet — with Ice Cream Truck!
- 2021 National Night Out
- 2021 Membership Pop-up Events
- 2021 March Walk & Greet
- 2021 March Food Drive
- 2020 November Duck Creek Cleanup
- 2020 Holiday Meals for First Responders
- 2020 October Food Drive
- 2020 National Night Out
- 2020 September Walk & Greet
- 2020 Golden Chick Donates to GPD
- 2020 Easter Caravan
- 2020 Living in Oakridge
- 2020 Beautiful Oakridge
- 2019 Christmas Decorating Contest
- 2019 Oakridge Neighborhood of the Year Awards
- 2019 Holiday Meals for First Responders
- 2019 National Night Out
- Citizens On Patrol (C.O.P.) in action
- Citizen’s Police Academy #53
2024 National Night Out
Bringing Oakridge Neighbors and friends together!
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.
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.
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!
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.
