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Missoula University District Neighborhood Ice Cream Social, 9/14

Neighborhood Ice Cream Social to Scoop Up Fun Sept. 14
September 03, 2014

The 13th Annual University Community Ice Cream Social to welcome new and returning University of Montana students to campus and Missoula’s neighborhoods is set for Sunday, Sept. 14. The free event will run from 3 to 5 p.m. in the 400 block of University Avenue.

The street party will feature live music from the hillbilly jazz band Barnaby Wilde and much mingling, as well as appearances by UM Mascot Monte and Missoula city and UM officials. Participants can converse with their neighbors, browse informational tables and enjoy delicious Big Dipper ice cream. Sorbet is available for dairy-free diets.

The event was started in 2002 by an informal group that calls itself the Thoughtful Neighbors to celebrate the diversity that UM students bring to Missoula. Late neighborhood residents Don Simmons, former associate dean of the School of Fine Arts, and his wife, Pat, former executive director of the Downtown Association, were founding members. The group is an evolving mix of University neighborhood homeowners and residents, UM students and administrators, the Associated Students of UM, the UM Foundation and the UM Office of Alumni Relations.

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Contact: Jean Woessner, media chairwoman, Thoughtful Neighbors/Ice Cream Social, 406-721-3540, [email protected].

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