News : Hundreds enjoy Vinton Lutheran Home Auxiliary Ice Cream Social

Several residents enjoyed an outdoor dance during the Lutheran Home Ice Cream Social.

Erin Cox plays one of the games offered to children at the Ice Cream Social

The Lutheran Home Junior Volunteers take a break from helping at the social to pose for a photo.

Pauline Schminke kept track of how many people ate ice cream and received donations for the Lutheran

More than 50 Lutheran Home Auxiliary members and many other served ice cream that day.

Many children left the ice cream social with temporary tatoos on their hand or cheek.

Stuart and the Hilltoppers offered music for dancing.

The Vinton Lutheran Home and its Auxiliary continued their annual Ice Cream Social tradition on Sunday, serving ice cream, pie and cake to hundreds of people.

More than 50 Auxiliary members, along with staff, families of residents and the youngsters in the Junior Volunteer program spent the afternoon serving ice cream, selling grab bags and treats, and operating the games for the children.

Entertainment included Gene Roster and Barb Riggle, Stuart and the Hilltoppers and a variety show by the Junior Volunteers, who sang, danced and played chimes for the audience. Many of the residents danced along to the old-time music before the Junior Volunteers began their program.

While the event included the same features as other years, this year saw one signficant change. Sarah Hepker has replaced Jessica Rippel (who has a different job in the organization) as Activities Director and coordinator of the Social. Hepker said things went very well.

The Social is one of the main fund-raisers of the year for the Auxiliary, which seeks to make life better for the residents there.