ELIZABETHTOWN — In an effort to promote completing the census, the Southern Seven Health Department will be hosting a (socially distant) Census Ice Cream Social this Friday. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Golden Circle parking lot in Elizabethtown, and there will be free Dippin’ Dots available.

Shawnna Rhine with the Southern Seven Health Department says not filling out the census costs you and your community tax dollars in the long run.

Staff will be on site to help you fill out your census at the social. The event is being sponsored by the Southern Seven Health Department, the Egyptian Area Agency on Aging, and by Golden Circle.