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United States and Canada
For every scoop given away, Baskin-Robbins will make a donation to First Book to provide new books to children from low-income families. To date, Baskin-Robbins has supported the distribution of more than half a million books to children throughout the United States and parts of Canada. Try X-Treme Berry Sherbet or Oreo® X-Mint, two of the new flavors inspired by Twentieth Century Fox's new movie X2: X-Men United opening May 2 in theaters nationwide.

For every scoop given away, Baskin-Robbins will make a donation to First Book to provide new books for underprivileged children. Based on numerous studies, book "ownership" has consistently proven to be a catalyst in increasing literacy rates, especially among young readers.

First Book is a national nonprofit organization that provides children from low-income families with their first new books. In neighborhoods across the country, First Book Local Advisory Boards unite leaders from all sectors of the community to provide books to children in literacy programs, after-school programs, and other community-based efforts reaching children living at or below the poverty line. With strong support from Baskin-Robbins, in the last two years alone, First Book has provided almost 15 million new books to children in need in hundreds of communities nationwide.

To learn more about First Book or to make a donation, please visit www.firstbook.org or call First Book toll free at
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Originally posted by MMMM_ERT:
Yummy!

I just heard Ben and Jerrys (at least here
in San Diego) are doing the same sort of thing.

Im gonna get fat...

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YUP, that's today!

http://www.benjerry.com/scoop_shops/free_cone_day/index.cfm



Join us noon - 8:00.

It all began in 1978 in a dilapidated former gas station in Burlington, Vermont. Ben & Jerry renovated it themselves with a lot of help from their friends. The first year was a wild one. On the shop’s first year anniversary, in May of 1979, Ben & Jerry held the first Free Cone Day. They scooped free ice cream, all day, to everyone who stopped by. It was their way of celebrating having survived their first year in business as much as it was their way of thanking their customers for eating all the stuff they made that year.