September 1st was a beautiful day for our annual Ice Cream Social. It was hosted by the Ellisforde church, but the Whitestone church, and the Iglesia de Cristo Santidad al Senor, which meets in the Ellisforde building, were also an important part of it.
This year it was at History Park in Tonasket. The Ellisforde church is six miles out of town, so we were hoping that more of the community would be able to join us at the park.
There were all the delicious baked goods you would expect at an Ice Cream Social: pies and cakes and cobblers and buckles, and a flan, too.
One of the special treats that has come to be a tradition are the tamales provided by the Iglesia.
And ice cream, lots of ice cream.
Steve Kinzie provided music.
All of it was free, our way of saying thank you--and you're welcome--to our community. One man going through the line kept saying, "Are you sure there's no jar for donations?"
There were well over a hundred people served by the time things wound down, and many were young people and kids who just happened to be at the park that Saturday, or people who followed the signs. One man said, "I saw "FREE" and had to check it out."
A special thank you to Kim Yaussy Albright, Chelo Gomez, and Lucy Gomez, who headed up all the organizing; to Steve Kinzie for sharing his musical gifts; to Kelly Podkranic for donating signage, balloons, and a beautiful bouquet from her flower shop; to WEWomen, the combined Whitestone and Ellisforde women's group, who provided baked goods and ice cream; and Pastor Benjamin Capote and the people of the Iglesia de Cristo Santidad al Senor for baked goods and tamales.
Everybody had a great time!
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