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Annual Ice Cream Sunday returns to Providence

The annual Sunny 106.5 Ice Cream Sunday returns to Providence’s Huckleberry Park on Sept. 16. (Providence)
Part of the fun of the Ice Cream Sunday at Providence is watching kids and adults compete for prizes during ice cream-eating contests at the annual free event. (Providence)
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August 31, 2018 - 3:53 pm
 

Make your day sweeter with free ice cream during the annual Sunny 106.5 Ice Cream Sunday on Sept. 16. The free, family-friendly event is free is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Huckleberry Park in Providence in northwest Las Vegas.

In addition to the frozen treats, courtesy of Meadow Gold, there will be kid-friendly activities and ice cream-eating contests, food trucks, a variety of booths, and the Sunny 106.5 team will be on-site with prizes, like tickets to Legoland California, SeaWorld San Diego and iHeartRadio Music Festival Daytime Stage tickets. The kids’ activities include petting zoo, face-painting, inflatables, water balloons, pinatas and relay races.

Attendees can enjoy Huckleberry Park’s multiuse events field, full-court basketball, swings, picnic area and shade ramada. Well-behaved leashed pets are welcome, and they can play in the venue’s large and small dog parks.

In honor of the ice cream theme, here’s a few fun facts about one of America’s favorite treats from various sources:

■ Marco Polo brought an early form of ice cream to Europe in the 1300s. Meadow Gold has produced ice cream since 1901.

■ The world’s most popular ice cream topping is chocolate syrup.

■ The average number of ice cream pints enjoyed by an American each year is 48.

■ One in 10 people admit to licking the bowl clean after eating ice cream.

■ It takes 50 licks to finish a single scoop ice cream cone.

■ Next to cookies, ice cream is the best-selling treat in America.

■ One in five people share ice cream with their pets.

Huckleberry Park is at 10325 Farm Road, off the I-215 North Beltway and Hualapai Way. For information, visit providencelv.com or call the Providence Information Center at 702-898-5777 or Sunny 106.5 at 702-238-7300.

The Sunny 106.5 Ice Cream Sunday is being presented by Sunny 106.5, Meadow Gold and Providence. Current booth partners include Air Pro Master, American First Credit, Blue Green Vacations, Centennial Hospital, Clark Country Family Services, MountainView Hospital, Panda Law, Sports Clips and T-Mobile.

Developed by Focus Property Group, Providence has been among the country’s fastest-selling, master-planned communities. Its spirit is rooted in the traditions of small-town America. Wide, tree-lined boulevards frame the 1,200-acre community that features top builders, offering a variety of floor plans and amenity options for every lifestyle. In addition to Huckleberry Park, the master plan features The Promenade and Knickerbocker parks with views of the entire Las Vegas Valley, and miles of trail systems.

Providence is in northwest Las Vegas at 7181 N. Hualapai Way, Ste. 150. It is near shopping, dining and Beltway and U.S. Highway 95 access, and close to Nellis and Creech Air Force bases.

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