{"id":424955,"date":"2026-08-06T00:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T00:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/424955\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T00:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T00:28:08","slug":"lees-air-ice-cream-truck-nears-10000-treats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/424955\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee\u2019s Air ice cream truck nears 10,000 treats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1140\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lees-IceCream-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"ice cream truck\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"attach_desc\">A new Lee&#8217;s Air, Plumbing &amp; Heating ice cream truck will distribute free treats at Fresno-area neighborhoods, schools, workplaces and community events throughout the summer. The company says no purchase is required. (Courtesy of Lee&#8217;s Air)<\/p>\n<p>Lee\u2019s Air, Plumbing &amp; Heating\u2019s community ice cream truck is nearing a milestone of 10,000 free ice creams distributed after making 101 stops across the Central Valley in July.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno-based home services company launched the branded ice cream truck earlier this summer as a community outreach initiative, providing free ice cream at schools, churches, nonprofits, businesses and neighborhood events.<\/p>\n<p>In July, the truck served about 9,500 people across Fresno, Sanger, Clovis and other nearby communities. Stops included 25 schools and summer camps, 18 employee appreciation events, 14 nonprofits, seven sports and recreation events and 10 birthday parties.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the largest events were the Xavier Worthy Dream B1G Football Camp, which drew more than 575 attendees, Fresno Mission and Camp Jeevan, a Sikh summer camp serving about 200 participants.<\/p>\n<p>The program is funded by Lee\u2019s Air and is offered without sponsorships, fees or sales presentations. According to the company, demand has exceeded expectations, which led it to expand the truck\u2019s schedule as requests continue from schools, churches, nonprofits and neighborhood groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in the business of keeping people comfortable \u2014 and sometimes that means showing up with a truck full of Drumsticks instead of a truck full of ductwork,\u201d Chief Operating Officer Derek Franks said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Community members can request a visit through the company\u2019s website. While all requests are open to the public, Lee\u2019s Air said schools, nonprofits, churches and youth sports organizations receive priority consideration.<\/p>\n<p>The company expects to pass the 10,000 ice cream mark later this month. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Lee&#8217;s Air, Plumbing &amp; Heating ice cream truck will distribute free treats at Fresno-area neighborhoods, schools,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-424955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}