41st annual ice cream social and carnival Thursday evening

WORLAND - The Washakie Hospital Auxiliary is holding their 41st annual ice cream social and carnival Thursday evening from 5 – 8 p.m. at the Worland Community Center Complex.

“It is in the back of the Worland Community Center complex because they are doing construction at the hospital and we don’t have any room on the lawn for it,” event lead Amy Reid said.

The Washakie Hospital Auxiliary hasn’t changed much from the first ice cream social and carnival. “These ladies have been doing this event for 41 years, it’s all you can eat cake and ice cream for $1.75 for adults and $.75 for children. They have never changed the prices in 41 years, it’s always been that price,” Reid stated.

Along with the all-you-can-eat cake and ice cream will be carnival games. “We will have everything from fortune tellers to face painters to a fishing booth, Plinko, a sucker tree and all that fun stuff,” Reid said. “This year we are also going to do a hole-in-one where kids get a chance to sink a putt and if they do, they get a big wand of bubbles,” she added.

There will also be a cookie walk, which both adults and children can participate in. “We also have a cookie walk and adults can do the cookie walk if they want to. This year the volunteers have made monster cookies. So not only can we sugar you up with as much cake and ice cream as you can eat, you can also win a giant cookie,” Reid said.

If your sweet tooth gets overloaded the Girl Scout Service Unit will be selling hot dogs and drinks. “The Service Unit, the adults, will be selling the hot dogs and drinks. This is a money maker for the service unit which puts on the activities for the girls,” Worland Girl Scout Service Unit manager Sandy Richard said.

All money raised by the auxiliary will stay in the hospital. “All the proceeds from the hospital auxiliary ice cream social and carnival stays in the hospital. The auxiliary in the past has actually purchased quite a few things for the hospital from patient recliners chairs to scales for CHF (congestive heart failure) patients. All the proceeds stay in the hospital for patient care,” Reid stated.