Bake SaleSwing by Venture Foods on Sunday, November 24 from 10 am to 2 pm to support the local Tonkawa Livestock Program during their Holiday Bake Sale. The bake sale offers sweet treats to the community and helps to raise funds for the Tonkawa kids’ livestock projects.Ribbon CuttingGame Masters Guild, 99A South 7th St., Tonkawa. Friday, December 6 at noonChamber Calendar EventsChamber office closed — November 28 Downtown, Olde Tyme Christmas Celebration — December 52024, The Stars Still Shine in Tonkawa!Please join us in celebration of our annual Olde Tyme Christmas on Thursday December 5th, 2024 with activities starting at 5:00 pm.Everyone is invited to downtown Tonkawa to kick off all the activities and events for this holiday season. Our local restaurants will be serving hungry patrons, plus there will be horse drawn wagon rides, singing, our traditional Christmas Tree lighting and a wonderful Christmas parade.We would like to invite all clubs and organizations to participate in our celebrations. If your club or organization would like to set up downtown to raise funds selling popcorn, cotton candy, cookies, hot chocolate, etc., please contact the Chamber so we can assign a spot for you.Santa and Mrs. Claus will be arriving again this year in a horse drawn carriage. You can take pictures of your children as they talk with Santa. This will be located at 202 East Grand.PARADE INFORMATION: Calling all parade entries; please register your float/entry/club/ family, etc. at https://forms.gle/ dxmh8kCwsTJ5Sgrp9 Or go to the chamber website and register there. There will be prize money awarded for the best decorated entry.We hope that you and your families will come and celebrate this Holiday Season enjoying the festivities in Tonkawa.If you have any questions, please contact the Tonkawa Chamber of Commerce at 580628-2220.PSA: Street Closings during Olde Tyme Christmas Parade/ CelebrationIf you will be attending the celebration downtown, please be prepared to park on the outer perimeters of downtown Grand Avenue on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2024. The Street will be closed to parking day of the parade and the parking spaces will be barricaded.If you are a business owner downtown, please ask your employees to park in other areas to allow for a safe parade route and celebration.We are aware of the inconvenience; however, the safety of our community is far more important.
