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National Ice Cream Day!

National Ice Cream Day is the 3rd Sunday in July.... so this year it is July 15. In my retirement community I'm being asked to provide more weekend programming, so when I saw this, it was a "no-brainer." I will have an ice cream social after the resident finish with dinner - which on Sunday is served at Noon in our community. But, I thought to my self, this is not good enough. How can I raise the bar on this program and make it better? Having a make your own sundae bar on a Sunday is cool, but what can be the cherry on top of this? What I found was something that my husband and I enjoy - a video presentation of the best places to eat. It is a DVD called An Ice Cream Show and it takes you to many of the finest and most unique ice cream palors around. It is perfect for this event. I will set the room up with tables and chairs so that they can watch the movie while enjoying their sundae.  I also found a great website that tells you more about this fun day called Holiday Insights and found special cocktail napkins at a pretty good price that fit the theme of the day, ICE CREAM!
I know that this will be a great Sunday Sundae afternoon in my community. It is not to late to get this going in your community this year, but if you've missed it, I encourage you to add this information to your 2013 calendar.... (you did start that already, didn't you??  That's a whole-nother posting!) 
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  1. UnknownJune 25, 2012 at 8:02 AM

    Sounds like a great idea! Yes, our July calendar is already submitted to Illustratus but we can always include another activity--especially on the weekend when it is kind of quiet. We have a great activity, also. Each month we have a Port-Of-Call where we visit different parts of the world and USA. So, on the 4th Thursday, a local artist comes in at lunchtime (when we have our Port-Of-Call lunch) and she paints a picture of the place we are visiting as the residents eat and watch. Also, lots of our activities that month are based on our Port-Of-Call. So it is educational as well as fun!

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  2. Recharging RetireesJune 25, 2012 at 6:28 PM

    That sounds interesting! Thank you for sharing another cool idea.

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    1. Recharging RetireesJune 28, 2012 at 5:29 PM

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