Fresh Paint Days in Oklahoma

Fresh Paint Days in Oklahoma

WHAT IS FRESH PAINT DAYS?

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. Paint Mfg. 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!

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 will include two weekends). Participants will then submit digital “after” photos showing the transformation. Keep Oklahoma Beautiful will name the one FRESH PAINT DAYS project that is judged to have made the greatest visual impact. That winning group will receive a special award during the 2008 Annual Awards Recognition Event held in late fall.

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS

Must use only the paint provided.
If project requires a primer – group must purchase with the stipend provided.
Exterior projects only (downtown buildings, residences, schools, community buildings, playground equipment, fences, walls...use your imagination)
For safety reasons, projects may not include heavy traffic areas, highways or streets.

COLORS

Winning applicants may have up to 20 gallons of latex paint, supplied only in 5 gallon drums.
Of the colors available, as many as four may be selected.
In order to finalize paint selections, you may request color chips to be mailed to you.
Early bird gets 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 latex paint
$75 stipend
Publicity
Fresh Paint project advertisement in local paper
T-shirts for volunteers

TENTATIVE EVENT CALENDAR FOR 2008

Applications due: postmarked by August 18, 2008 (applications without the required "before" photos will not be considered.)
Winning participants notified by email on August 25, 2008
Paint distribution day(s): tentatively scheduled for September 9 and/or 10 ---- participants must be willing to drive to certain pickup points to collect your paint. Those points will depend on the locations of winning groups – specific details will necessarily be worked out later.
Painting Days: September 12 through September 21, 2008 (includes two full weekends)
Digital "after" photos and reports must be received no later than September 29, 2008.
Best Visual Impact Project will be announced October 3.

-2008 Applications available July 1, 2008-

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