Fresh Paint Days | Keep Oklahoma Beautiful

Fresh Paint Days is a Keep Oklahoma Beautiful project designed to encourage volunteers to seek out unsightly community structures and renovate them with the creative use of resources. Willing volunteers will make use of paint, donated by H.I.S. Coatings of Oklahoma City and a stipend for supplies, funded by Public Service Company of Oklahoma to transform that community blemish over a period of a few days with just the application of FRESH PAINT and a lot of elbow grease!

We Love Hollis. - Winner of the 2010 Best Visual Impact Award

Keep Oklahoma Beautiful will select the winning projects from among applications submitted with digital “before” photos. All winning projects must be painted within the same 10-day span (which includes two weekends). Participants will then submit digital “after” photos showing the transformation. Keep Oklahoma Beautiful will name one FRESH PAINT DAYS project that is judged to have made the greatest visual impact. That winning group will receive the Best Visual Impact award during the Annual KOB Environmental Excellence Awards Banquet held in late fall.

2011 Fresh Paint Days Participants

• 18 Counties
• 21 Fresh Paint Days Participants

Ada Main Street Allen Park Restoration City of Anadarko Fort Sill Apache Tribe Environmental Program - Apache Believers in Boswell Community Coalition, Inc Buffalo Girl Scout Troop 741 Buffalo Recreation League Eldorado PAC Gage Ministerial Alliance Hammon Renewal Team City of Healdton	Community Crisis Center, Inc - Miami Newkirk Main Street Main Street Pauls Valley Main Street of Perry Stroud Neighborhood Improvement Project City of Tishomingo Tonkawa Chamber of Commerce RedFork Main Street - Tulsa Watonga Chamber of Commerce Woodward Main Street We Love Hollis

Read About and See the Paint Transformation from 2010

Important Dates:

June 1 - Applications Available
July 29 - Applications Due
August - Participants Announced
August 31-September 2 - Paint Delivered
September 3-16 - Fresh Paint Days in Oklahoma
September 16 - After Photos Due
October 3 - Finalists Announced for Best Visual Impact Award

To read & see more about the 2010 Fresh Paint Days Paint Transformations, click here.

Project Requirements

Must use only the paint provided
If project requires a primer - group must purchase with stipend
Exterior projects only (downtown buildings, residences, schools, community buildings, wood fences, walls)
Paint may not be used on metal structures.
For safety reasons, projects may not include heavy traffic areas, highways or street

Colors

Selected applicants may have up to 20 gallons of exterior latex paint, supplied only in 5 gallon drums and make certain that exterior latex paint is appropriate for use on your project....most metal surfaces require primer and oil-based paint for a good result.
Of the colors available, as many as four different colors may be selected
Color chips will be posted on these pages; however, to finalize paint selections, you may request color chips to be mailed to you
Early birds get the colors. There will be a finite supply of each color - so the sooner you choose, the better your chance of getting the colors and amounts you want.

Selected Projects Receive

Up to 20 gallons exterior latex paint
$75 stipend for supplies
Your paint delivered by KOB to locations convenient to all participants
News releases from KOB to your local and county media
Your project descriptions published to KOB website, Facebook

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