Students embracing atop Mount Holyoke on Mountain Day 2019

Mountain Day Reunions

Mountain Day Reunions were started in 2011 by a few very homesick golden sphinxes led by Meredith Nelson ’11. The way it works is simple: When the bells toll on Mountain Day the reunions begin! 

Mountain Day Reunions

One of Mount Holyoke College’s oldest traditions, Mountain Day, has already brought hundreds of Mount Holyoke community members to the summit of Mt. Holyoke, celebrating with ice cream, temporary tattoos and singing of the alma mater.

On this day, we want to acknowledge that Shabbat observances for the Jewish community start at sundown and groups and clubs may wish to start their gatherings at an earlier time, or hold a second opportunity for meetup or choose an alternative date, to be most inclusive based on your unique community.

Find a Mini-Reunion!

Events will be listed as they are received and will be held at all locations listed below at 6:37 p.m. (18:37) local time unless otherwise indicated by the host. Be sure to connect with the host, let them know you're joining and share the event with friends.

Maryland

  • Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
    4918 Elm Street 
    Bethesda, MD 20814
    Thursday, September 28 
    6:37 pm (AKA 18:37)
    Organized by: Carla Lambert ’88
  • The Charmery
    6000 Merriweather Dr Suite B185 
    Columbia, MD 21044
    Organized by: Cynthia Krohn ’00

New Jersey

  • Kitchell Pond Park
    75 Kitchell Rd
    Morristown, NJ 07960
    October 15, 2023
    2 pm
    Organized by: Carolyn Conant-Hiley ’83

New York

  • Emack & Bolio's  Fort Greene
    741 Fulton Street, 
    Brooklyn, New York  11217
    ​​Organized by: Ariel Russ ’13 and Melanie Wilkerson ’15
  • Guptill's Ice Cream
    1085 Loudon Rd
    Cohoes, NY 12047
    Organized by: Miriam Cantor-Stone ’12
  • Van Leeuwen
    253 Columbus Avenue  @ 72nd St 
    New York, NY  
    Organized by: Reagan Brown ’17 and Tanishka Sachidanand ’19
  • Frozenside
    3286 Long Beach Road 
    Oceanside, NY 11572
    Date: TBD for a future date
    Organized by: Betsy Meyerson ’86
  • Pittsford Farms Dairy & Bakery
    44 N. Main Street 
    Pittsford, NY 14534
    Tuesday, October 3 
    6:37 pm (AKA 18:37) - meet by flag on front porch
    Organized by: Sue Bonafini ’82 and Judy Hannon ’74
  • Smusht
    158 Main Street 
    Port Washington, NY 11050
    Date: TBD for a future date
    Organized by: Katherine Rodi ’94 
  • Ice Cream Social
    481 Mamaroneck Avenue 
    White Plains, NY
    Organized by: Nancy Mathiasen ’77

Pennsylvania

  • Handel's Homemade Ice Cream
    573 E Lancaster Avenue 
    Berwyn, PA 19312
    Organized by: Shannon (Ewing) Choe ’96
  • Bank Street Creamery
    15 South Bank Street
    Easton, PA 18042
    Wednesday, Oct 4
    6:37 pm (AKA 18:37)
    Organized by: Amy Faivre ’92
  • Zsas Ice Cream
    6616 Germantown Avenue
    Philadelphia, PA 19119
    Organized by: Catherine Van Nevel ’86
  • Mount Holyoke Club Fall Gathering
    Squirrel Hill North area
    Pittsburgh, PA 15217
    Wednesday, October 11 
    5–7 pm
    Organized by: RSVP with Eliza Smith Brown ’77
  • Baskin-Robbins™
    5889 Forbes Ave
    Pittsburgh, PA
    Organized by: Diana Mathis ’70 and Zoe Lubow ’06

Virginia

  • Mimi's Handmade Ice Cream
    1201 S Joyce Street
    Arlington, VA 22202
    Thursday, September 28 
    6:37 pm (AKA 18:37)
    Organized by: Carla Lambert ’88 and Jill Schwartz ’97
  • Woody's Ice Cream
    10435 North Street 
    Fairfax, VA 22030
    Thursday, September 28
    6:37 pm (AKA 18:37)
    Organized by: Carla Lambert ’88 and Esther Nasjleti ’92

Washington, DC

  • Ice Cream Jubilee
    1407 T Street NW 
    Washington, DC 20009
    Thursday, September 28 
    6:37 pm (AKA 18:37)
    Organized by: Rebecca Vernon ’06
  • Pop's Ice Cream & Soda Bar
    1916 Memorial Ave SW,
    Roanoke, VA 24015
    Organized by: Anna Goltz ’06

Illinois

Indiana

  • Chocolate Moose
    405 S Walnut St 
    Bloomington, IN 47401
    Organized by: Stacie King ’93
  • Java House (coffee bar), Broadripple on the Monon 
    965 E 64th St
    Indianapolis, IN 46220
    Saturday, Sept 16
    3–5 pm
    Organized by: Catherine Boeckmann ’90

Kentucky

  • Sorella Gelateria
    591 W. Short Street
    Lexington, KY 40507
    Organized by: Samantha Brot ’12

Michigan

  • Blank Slate Creamery
    300 W Liberty Street 
    Ann Arbor, MI 48103
    Organized by: Sevanne Demirjian ’95

Minnesota

Ohio

Connecticut

  • Sunny Daes
    808 Post Road
    Fairfield, CT 06824
    Organized by: Ellen Landowne ’56
  • Ashley's Ice Cream
    280 York Avenue 
    New Haven, CT
    Organized by: Abbey Clark-Moschella ’17 and Ellen Cosgrove ’84
  • Rich Farm Ice Cream
    691 Oxford Road 
    Oxford, CT
    Organized by: Teresa Morais ’94
  • A.C. Petersen Farms
    240 Park Road 
    West Hartford, CT
    Organized by: Margaret Harper ’84

Maine

Massachusetts 

  • Bedford Farms Ice Cream
    20 North Road
    Bedford MA 01730
    Organized by: Donna Albino ’83
  • Dulce D Leche - canceled
    5 Edgell Road
    Framingham, MA 01701
    Organized by: Diane (Bono) Martin ’97
  • Toscanini's Ice Cream 
    899 Main Street 
    Cambridge, MA
    Thursday, October 5
    6:37 p (AKA 18:37)
    Organized by: Demet Durak ’11
  • Flayvors of Cook Farm
    129 South Maple Street
    Hadley, MA 01035
    Organized by: Lorain Heindel Giles ’73
  • TC Scoops
    100 Central Street 
    Holliston, MA
    Thursday, October 5 
    6:37 pm (AKA 18:37)
    Organized by: Shannon Giordano ’91 
  • Ben & Jerry's Hyannis
    352 Main Street 
    Hyannis, MA 02601
    Organized by: Beth Mulligan Dunn ’93
  • Harbor Creamery
    39 Pleasant Street 
    Newburyport, MA 01950
    Organized by: Heather Archibald ’99
  • Crescent Ridge Dairy
    355 Bay Road
    Sharon, MA
    Thursday, October 5 
    6:37 pm (AKA 18:37)
    Organized by: Andrea Naddaff ’84
  • Lizzy’s Homemade Ice Cream
    367 Moody Street 
    Waltham, MA
    Thursday, October 5 
    6:37 pm (AKA 18:37)
    Organized by: Perrin McCormick ’90

New Hampshire

  • Memories Ice Cream
    95 Exeter Road (Route 111) 
    Kingston, NH
    Organized by: Lois Graham ’82

Rhode Island

  • Three Sisters
    1074 Hope Street
    Providence, RI 02906
    Organized by: Jessica Hopkins ’88

Florida

  • Sweet Alps (Homemade Ice Cream +vegan)
    17860 SE 109th Avenue 
    Summerfield, FL 24491
    Organized by: Christa Carnegie ’67

Georgia

North Carolina

  • The Hop
    640 Merrimon Ave, 
    Asheville NC
    Organized by: Kate Lasher ‘14
  • Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream
    908 W Main Street 
    Durham, NC 27701
    Organized by: Savannah Marciezyk ’16

California

  • Tucker’s Ice Cream
    1349 Park Street
    Alameda, CA 94501
    Organized by: Hannah Groce ’08
  • Campbell Creamery
    267 E Campbell Ave,
    Campbell, CA 95008
    Mountain Day at 3:37 PT
    Organized by: Trudy Levy ’69
  • Icicles Rolled Ice Cream
    39055 Cedar Blvd #118
    Newark, CA 94560
    Organized by: Jen King ’91
  • Curbside Creamery
    482 49th Street
    Oakland, CA 94609
    Organized by: Keenan Hale ’13
  • Pinkberry Palo Alto 
    680 Stanford Shopping Ctr Ste 14
    Palo Alto, CA
    Organized by: Lisa Weissman ’84
  • a la' Minute in Redlands
    19 E Citrus Ave #105 
    Redlands, CA 92373
    Saturday, October 21 
    3 pm
    Organized by: Regina Figueroa FP’08
  • Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Street
    One Ferry Building, Embarcadero
    San Francisco, CA
    Please get your ice cream and proceed to the back of the Ferry Building overlooking the Bay by benches.
    Organized by: Eleanor Chang ’78 & Pauline Au ’87
  • Rori's Ice Cream
    Public Market, 38 West Victoria Street
    Santa Barbara, CA 93101
    Saturday, Oct 14
    2 pm
    Organized by: Pattie Firestone ’72
  • a la' Minute in Redlands
    19 E Citrus Ave #105
    Redlands, CA 92373
    Saturday, October 21
    3 pm
    Organized by: Regina Figueroa FP’08
  • Gunther's Ice Cream
    2801 Franklin Blvd
    Sacramento, CA 95818
    Organized by: Rebekah Harkins Rabiroff ’03
    Penny's Ice Cream
    913 Cedar Street 
    Santa Cruz CA
    Organized by: Louise Jeffrey ’00
  • Cold Stone Creamery
    101 Main Street
    Seal Beach, CA 90740
    Saturday October 21
    6:37 (AKA 18:37)
    Organized by: Nathalie Hay Wilson ’88

Idaho

Oregon

  • Ice Queen
    2012 SE 11th Avenue
    Portland, OR 97214
    Thursday, September 28
    6:37 pm (AKA 18:37)
    Organized by: Sarah Binns ’08

Utah

Washington

  • Milk Drunk
    2805 Beacon Ave S
    Seattle, WA 98144
    Organized by: Miriam Janove ’06 and Elise Evans ’10

New Mexico

  • Häagen-Dazs (On the Plaza!)
    56 E San Francisco Street 
    Santa Fe, NM 87501 (On the Plaza!)
    Organized by: Carol Guasti ‘79
    (1st Mountain Day event in Santa Fe!)

Australia

  • Messina Circular Quay
    Gateway, 1 Macquarie Place 
    Sydney,  NSW 2000
    Thursday, Sept 21
    6:37 pm (AKA 18:37)
    Organized by: Cindy Chan ’05

Austria

  • Tichy 
    Reumannplatz 13 
    Vienna 1100 Austria
    Saturday, September 23
    18:37 CET (Vienna Time)
    Organized by: Zarina Dyussen FP ’16

Canada

  • Summer's Ice Cream 
    101 Yorkville Ave.
    Toronto, ON M5R 1C1
    Organized by: Sadia Arshad ’12

Denmark

  • Vaffelbageren Nyhavn
    Nyhavn 49 
    1051 København
    Thursday, Oct 5
    6:37 (AKA 18:37)
    Organized by: Evelina Poumpalova ’97

Netherlands

  •  Slot Zuylen
     Tournooiveld 1 
    Oud Zuilen
    Saturday, October 7 
    10:30 am–2 pm
    Organized by: Silvia Maulini ’80

Philippines

  • Manila Polo Club
    McKinley Road, Forbes Park 
    Makati City, Philippines
    Sunday, Sept 10
    4 pm
    Organized by: Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista ’78

Singapore

  • Singapore, Asia
    RSVP with Laura Rieber ’04
    Sunday, October 8
    11 am
    Organized by: Pasangi Weerasinghe ’10

Don’t see your location on the list? Please send it in

Have questions? Email us.

We encourage all alums to share photos of celebrations on your social media channels using the hashtag #MtnDayMHC and to add your photos and memories to our Mountain Day 2023 Kudoboard.

Learn more about ways to celebrate Mountain Day, including Zoom backgrounds, recipes and a link to our Campus Living Laboratory Webcam.

Mountain Day wherever you are 

Contact us

The Alumnae Association is an independent organization that connects the global community of Mount Holyoke alums with each other and the College as we create meaningful change in the world.