Press release from Indivisible Asheville/WNC:
As Labor Day weekend marks the end of summer and the beginning of election-year campaign season, ice cream and voting information make a perfect pair, according to volunteers with Indivisible Asheville/WNC. On Saturday afternoon, September 5, at 1:00 pm, the Sweet Ride Asheville ice cream truck will park at RendezVous Restaurant, the Haw Creek neighborhood source for delicious French comfort food, where Indivisible Asheville/WNC will again offer free ice cream for kids and voting info for adults.
WHAT: “Ice Cream and Voting” Neighborhood Outreach
WHEN: Saturday, September 5, 2020 * 1:00-2:30 pm
WHERE: RendezVous Restaurant Parking Lot, 184 Old Haw Creek Rd, Asheville, NC 28805
WHO: Indivisible Asheville/WNC with Sweet Ride AshevilleIndivisible Asheville volunteers will have nonpartisan voting information and materials available, to help with voter registration, absentee ballot requests, voting schedules, in-person voting locations, and other voting information.
The group’s previous Ice Cream and Voting events this summer included stops in Montford, Kenilworth, West Asheville, and Southside.
Sweet Ride Asheville’s contact-free ice cream truck features delivery of sweet treats in a Covid-safe manner. All ice cream is individually packaged, placed in a drawer, and opened for customers to take themselves. Indivisible Asheville/WNC volunteers will wear masks and observe social distancing, and masks and sanitizers will be available at information tables.
Indivisible Asheville/WNC is a local grassroots nonprofit dedicated to protecting democracy with informed community action in Western North Carolina. It operates as a 501(c)(4) and is led by an all-volunteer board. The summer Ice Cream and Voting events are part of the organization’s “Let’s All Vote!” 2020 Voter Engagement Campaign. For more information, visit IndivisibleAvl.org or email info@indivisibleavl.org. For more information on Sweet Ride Asheville, visit SweetRideAsheville.com, email sweet.ride.asheville@gmail.com or call (828) 484-2216.
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