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There's one sound that gets a big reaction from kids on a hot day, the sound of an ice cream truck. Maria McCartney has been in the mobile ice-cream business since 2005. “When I was alittle girl, I saw an ice-cream truck and knew I wanted to have one someday," McCartney said.

During the hot days of summer, Maria and her daughter drive an ice-cream truck through neighborhood sand parks in Billings. It's not about making money for this former elementary school teacher. Rather, she wants to preserve the tradition of the neighborhood ice-cream truck."

“Truly my favorite partis to see the kids jumping up and down and they just get so excited. It's greatto build a memory for them too. There's not a lot of these ice-cream trucks around anymore. The parents come out bare foot and screaming, ready to buy ice-cream; they remember when they were kids and they saw a truck," she said.

While the treats may beice cold, Maria has a warm heart for little faces. Her truck features a donation bucket for kids who don't have money for ice-cream. “When there arethree kids and only two of them have money, I always make sure the third onegets something because I can't drive away and have that third one not have something, " she said.