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]-i" The Hop welcomes dogs to socialize over ice cream EMMA SHOCK A&F Staff Writer eshock@unca.edu ff-i. j W'- ' ^ ' I* ‘ ’.•.r As October approaches its end, scoops of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry continue to fill ice cream dish es in the traditions of summer, waiting for spoons and tongues to scrape the bottoms for lingering drops. The Hop will host a doggie ice cream social as a fundraiser for Brother Wolf and the Asheville Humane Society from 3 to 9 p.m. on Thursday and will take place at The Hop Ice Creamery on Haywood Road. Greg Garrison and his wife Ashley became the own ers of The Hop in 2008 after working there since 2003 as students at UNC Asheville. In 2009 and 2010, they hosted the socials at The Hop on Merrimon until the number of dogs and owners attending outgrew the lo cation, calling for a larger space for guests to socialize in. The Hop Ice Creamery opened in 2015 with the pro duction location, tasting room, birthday party and field trip space. The new addition provides a better outdoor event space for hosting the socials. Garrison said. “The reason we originally wanted to reach out to the dog-loving community was because we wanted for people with dogs to feel like they could come and hang out,” Garrison said. “We have great patio areas at both stores where well-behaved and leashed dogs are welcome and now we have a new, even bigger space for them to play and interact in.” Along with the ice cream for human guests. Garrison said Happy Tails Ice Cream, which the menus at The Hop on Merrimon and The Hop West always feature, will be available for dogs at the event. Garrison said the socials were held on Fridays in the past, but the coming social will be on a Thursday. Starting in March 2018, he plans to host all doggie ice cream socials on the last Thursday of every month Jackie Teeple, marketing and art director for Brother Wolf, said The Hop has been a great partner of Broth er Wolf for many years, catering its events as well as holding fundraisers for it and other animal rescue groups. “I love that The Hop considers our four-legged friends as family members and holds these events so folks can bring the whole family out to enjoy a treat together,” Teeple said. “These sorts of events really CONTINUED ON PAGE 19
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