The Oklahoma Mission of Mercy will take place at the SE Expo Center in McAlester Feb. 3-4, 2012. This free, two-day dental clinic will help people who are uninsured, underinsured or would otherwise not be able to access dental care. Doors will open each day at 5 a.m. and close once the capacity of patients per day has been reached. Dental professionals will volunteer their time to provide fillings, extractions, cleanings and a limited number of anterior root canals and third year molar (wisdom teeth) extractions. The event is presented by the Delta Dental of Oklahoma Oral Health Foundation, the Oklahoma Dental Association and the Oklahoma Dental Foundation. Volunteers of all backgrounds are needed. For more information, visit www.okmom.org.

History:
On one Saturday every Spring, almost 5,000 OU students, faculty, and staff spend the day serving in their local community. The Big Event was founded at OU in 1999 and has continued to grow each year. The purpose of The Big Event is an unprecedented effort to say “thank you” to the surrounding communities for the support they show our campus year after year. Volunteers from the university give back to their community by performing jobs that organizations typically would not be able to complete, such as cleaning, painting, and landscaping. Students, faculty and staff from the University of Oklahoma are sent to a variety of jobsites—
from schools and churches to hospices and neighborhood organizations.

MEDIA BLITZ:
In order to find organizations and job sites, we need your help! Every year, the publicity team for OU’s Big Event puts on a media blitz to find jobsites for Big Event. The purpose of this media blitz is to inform the community that we are looking for nonprofits and other community-based organizations to serve as jobsites. The applications can be found at bigevent.ou.edu, and are due January 28, 2012.

Contact Information:
http://bigevent.ou.edu
Phone: 405.352.7912
The Big Event
Oklahoma Memorial Union
900 Asp Avenue, Suite 392
Norman, OK, 73072

Contact: (918) 687-3625 Details: The Castle of Muskogee is Proud and Excited to present the 17th Annual Oklahoma Renaissance Festival, a family oriented event. Every Saturday & Sunday starting April 28 through May 28th,2012. Step back in time and enjoy the wonderment of a day in Renaissance England, right here in Oklahoma! Journey to an age of sorcerers, knights in shining armor, kings, queens, and maidens fair. Become mesmerized as magicians, jugglers, musicians, dancers, acrobats and jousters thrill and delight you. Quench your thirst and tantalize your taste buds with the wonderful varieties of drink and morsels found throughout Castleton. Stroll through the World Trade Market with over one hundred Artisans displaying 16th Century goods from around the world. Take the wee ones to the Children's Realm for games and hands-on demonstrations. okcastle.com