Park Avenue Thrift is one of eighteen Oklahoma organizations that are now finalists for the prestigious Oklahoma Nonprofit Excellence (ONE) Awards, presented annually by the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits (OKCNP). Out of almost 19,000 nonprofits statewide, only eighteen were named finalists.
“Being named a finalist for the ONE Awards is an incredible honor that validates our team’s hard work and raises awareness of what we’re achieving in Enid,” said Stela Jantzen, Executive Director of Park Avenue Thrift. “This recognition helps bring visibility to our mission and the impact we strive to make. With this honor, we hope to expand giving through our community grants and sponsorships and implement a special giving project by 2026.”
On April 5, 2025, finalists will join together at a private event at Tulsa’s Southern Hills Country Club to celebrate and hear the announcement of the 2025 ONE Awards winners. Finalists are divided into six mission categories and receive $5,000, with category winners receiving $7,500. On the night of the event, an overall winner will be awarded $10,000 and the title of Oklahoma’s 2025 Nonprofit of Excellence. In total, this year’s finalists will receive $115,000 to recognize the impact of their charitable work throughout the state. As of 2024, the OKCNP ONE Awards has given more than $2 million to more than 200 Oklahoma nonprofits.
“We are honored to be named a finalist in the General Impact category. Impact is exactly what we strive for,” said Steven Mackie, Park Avenue Thrift Vice President. “Through our grants and sponsorships, we support a wide range of nonprofits and schools, ensuring that our community as a whole benefits.”
Awards are presented in the following categories:
· Arts and Humanities
· Community
· Education
· General Impact
· Health Services
· Self-Sufficiency
The finalists were chosen by the ONE Awards Selection Commission, a group of prestigious community leaders from across Oklahoma. The Commission, chaired by Phil Lakin, Jr., includes Natalie Carns, Kathie Coyle, Emily Dukes, Seth Fairchild, Lisa Greenlee, Molly Helm, Lindsay Laird, Leslie Paris, Meg Salyer, Tyler Tokarczyk and Mary Kate Wilson.
“The ONE Award recipients are selected not only for the excellence of their program delivery and internal management,” said Lakin, “but also for their innovation, leadership in the sector and response from the communities they serve.”
Park Avenue Thrift is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that exists to strengthen the Enid community and serve others by collecting donations and giving the proceeds to Enid nonprofits that invest in quality-of-life initiatives.
For more information about Park Avenue Thrift, its donation program, and community giving, please visit their website at www.parkavenuethrift.org or follow them on the official Facebook or Instagram page for Park Avenue Thrift at www.facebook.com/ParkAvenueThriftEnid or www.instagram.com/ParkAvenueThriftEnid.
To learn more about sponsorship opportunities or how you can support these amazing nonprofit finalists in the 2025 ONE Awards, please contact Debra Hull at dhull@okcnp.org.
