Members of Congress and their staffs poured out of the Capitol Building and surrounding offices yesterday for the “coolest” party on the Hill. IDFA's 34th Annual Capitol Hill Ice Cream Party served more than 50 flavors of ice cream and thousands of root beer floats this year in Upper Senate Park, where the lines were so long they snaked outside the large grassy area and onto the sidewalks surrounding the park.
Each year the party grows, and people arrive earlier and earlier. Once again attendees came prepared with boxes, recycling bins and mail carts that they filled abundantly with bowls of ice cream for colleagues and themselves. Visit IDFA’s Facebook page for photos of the fun.
IDFA would like to thank the following Ice Cream Party sponsors for their generous donations, which helped to make the event such a great success:
- American Beverage Association
- Friendly’s Ice Cream, LLC
- Galliker Dairy Company
- Gifford’s Dairy Inc.
- Hershey Creamery Company
- HP Hood LLC
- Hiland Dairy Foods Company, LLC
- Hunter Farms
- Jack & Jill D.S.D.
- Kwik Trip, Inc.
- Mars Chocolate North America
- Mayfield Dairy Farms/Dean Foods Company
- Perry’s Ice Cream Company
- Pierre's Ice Cream Company
- Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
- The Ice Cream Club, Inc.
- The J.M. Smucker Company
- Wells Enterprises, Inc.
For more information about the Annual Capitol Hill Ice Cream Party, flavors or donors, contact Tracy Boyle, IDFA director of boards, employee relations and administrative services, at tboyle@idfa.org.