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5.6 Free Cone Day
Our Annual Birthday “Thank You!”
In May of 1979, on the first anniversary of the opening of the original Burlington, Vermont Scoop Shop, Company co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield held their first Free Cone Day, scooping ice cream to all comers to celebrate having survived their first year in business and to say thanks to the community that had made it so. The event was so much fun it became a tradition!
In good faith, we’ve never missed a year. On April 25, 2005, for the 28th consecutive year, Scoop Shops around the globe spread joy for the belly and soul in celebration of Free Cone Day. In all, the global event served up some 1.4 million free scoops to customers in 
15 countries and raised over $272,000 for hundreds of local community partner organizations. We’ll plan to do it all again next April and we hope to see you there!