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National Ice Cream Day, part of July’s National Ice Cream Month, falls on the third Sunday which is coming up!

One of the hardest things about going on a diet is not eating ice cream. While common sense says you can eat diet versions and eat smaller portions, some of us have a passion that can’t be controlled. Give us a gallon of premium quality ice cream and we’ll scarf down the entire container in one sitting! The diet stuff, eh, not so much.

Californians eat tons of ice cream — we are the leading state to produce this delicious dessert. In a single year California’s ice cream makers churn out over 135 million gallons!

California zoos make good use of the public’s love of ice cream by hosting summer fundraisers in which you can lick, slurp and taste to your heart’s content in a wild, zoo setting. Atascadero’s Charles Paddock Zoo held one of these events, I Scream Zoofari, last Saturday.

Zoo Ice Cream (and other foods) Fundraisers

• BAKERSFIELD: Ice Cream Zoofari at CALM Zoo August 24, 2019
• EUREKA: Sequoia Park Zoo’s Zootini August 10
• FRESNO: Chaffee Zoo’s Producers Ice Cream Zoofari August 3
• LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles Zoo Brew at the Zoo August 2
• MOORPARK: Rendezvous at the Moorpark College Zoo October 10
• OAKLAND: Oakland Zoo Feast for the Beasts July 27
• PALM DESERT: Living Desert’s La Gran Fiesta October 12
• SACRAMENTO: Sacramento Zoo Ice Cream Safari August 17
• SAN DIEGO: San Diego Zoo Food, Wine & Brew Celebration September 21
• SAN JOSE: Happy Hollow Park & Zoo’s Brew at the Zoo July 19
• SAN MATEO: CuriOdyssey Gala September 28
• SANTA ANA: Santa Ana Zoo Zoofari August 24
• SANTA BARBARA: Tikifari Zoofari Ball August 24
• SANTA ROSA: Safari West Romp with the Beasts November 16