Serve: Welcome Ice Cream Social

When: 

Saturday, August 10, 2024

Event Time:

3:00pm – 5:30pm

Where: 

OSU Women’s Fieldhouse

1790 Cannon Drive

Columbus, OH 43210

The Welcome Ice Cream social is an event to get international students and IFI volunteers together in a fun and nurturing setting.

We’re honored to have the opportunity to connect with and serve our international friends.
We’d love for you to help us serve in the following ways:

Note: Help is needed  at 1:00 – 7:00pm. The event is starts 3:00pm – 5:30pm.

1.  Connect students with IFI

This event is to help students make friends with other students and American families with  and fun, and encourage awareness and involvement in IFI (for students and new volunteers).

  • This is an opportunity for new international students to interact together and with their host(s). We ask that only those volunteers who are serving and/or bringing their (new) students attend.

2. Pick a Opportunity to Serve:

Most of these serving opportunities are 2-hour time commitments. Volunteers may do multiple shifts during the event. More details on these opportunities are available here.

  1. Set up – Activities (Games, Registration Table, etc.): 1:00pm – 3:00pm
  2. Pray for the event with IFI Staff & Volunteers: 2:00pm – 2:30pm
  3. Serve Ice Cream to Students: 3:00pm – 4:30pm
  4. Sign-In & Register Students / Volunteers: 3:00pm – 4:30pm
  5. Games – Help run Games: 3:00pm – 5:00pm
  6. AV or Photography: 2:30pm – 5:00pm
  7. Clean up – ACTIVITIES (games, registration tables, trash, etc): 5:30pm – 6:30pm
  8. Load and Unload (at IFI Office) vans: 6:30pm – 7:30pm

3. Donate or lend supplies:

We are in need of several supplies and decorations in order to make this a successful event. View our full wish list on Amazon by clicking here.

Major Needs include:

  • Dasani Water (10 cases)
  • Corn Hole and Bocci Ball games

Please mail/deliver any donated items to:

Attn: Tosan Otokuefor

International Friendships Inc Suite #200

1520 Old Henderson Road

Columbus, OH 43220

You can also donate funds to purchase items needed for this event here. If you choose to write a check, please write “Events” on the memo line. For more details, contact Tosan at .

The entire event will be outside. Indoor restrooms will be available
If you have questions, contact us at

Welcome Ice Cream Social | Volunteer Registration

Please sign up each spouse/individual separately so we can contact each volunteer with details about their role.
Are you serving with a group?
Hello there, friend!
We are thrilled that you are coming to the Welcome Ice Cream Social!

Did you know? There is a form exclusively for students, scholars, and their families! Use the link below to register for the picnic.

ohiostate.ifiusa.org/ice-cream

Please CLICK THE LINK ABOVE - do not click submit. Thank you!
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We love it when married couples serve together! Please tell us your spouse's name and email address. We will send him/her a separate email with their own QR code for fast check in. Please be sure to save that message and bring your QR codes with you to the event.
Bringing your spouse, eh?




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Share IFI's Ministry to Internationals with your Friends!

This is a terrific event to invite a friend to attend together with you so that they can see/experience IFI firsthand. If you'd like to bring a friend with you to this event, please let us know their name. We'd like to know who they are in advance so we can give them a personal welcome and introduction to our ministry when they arrive at the event.
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