Scooper Bowl - Ice Cream Event!

Eat as much ice cream as you want - and support cancer research fundraising

Scooper Bowl, Boston's hugely popular all-you-can-eat ice cream and cancer research fundraising event, raises money for the Jimmy Fund, the fundraising arm of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

2010 marks the 28th year of this important event, one of the favorite activities for kids in Boston, and equally loved by adults. 

From noon until 8pm on June 8 - June 10, head over to City Hall Plaza in the Government Center area of Boston, and indulge.  Enjoy the ice cream - and the knowledge that you're supporting cancer research.

You even get to vote on your favorite flavors.  2009 winners, garnering 65% of the votes, include:

• Ben & Jerry's Oatmeal Cookie Chunk - 25%
• Breyers Cookies & Cream - 17%
• Ben & Jerry's Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road - 13%
• Brigham's Ice Cream Confetti & Cream - 10%
• Garelick Farms/Gifford's Main Lobster Tracks - 10%

This event got off to a modest start back in 1983 when 4 local ice cream companies scooped up all-you-can-eat ice cream for tourists and locals during a 6-hour stretch on Boston Common to raise money for Boston's world-renowned Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to use for life-saving cancer research and treatment.  That first year brought $1,000 to Dana Farber's Jimmy Fund. 

From that modest beginning, the ice cream / fund-raising gala has expanded into an annual 3-day event involving 10 tons of ice cream generously donated by 9 ice cream companies, as many as 50,000 participants, and additional support from Federal Express, Zipcar, and other donors. 

Scooper Bowl is now the nation's largest all-you-can-eat ice cream event.

More important, this sweet event has raised almost $2,500,000 to date for Dana-Farber - including a record-setting $345,000 in 2009.

So if you're planning to visit Boston in June, mark your calendar with the Scooper Bowl dates - usually Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday during the first full week in June, but check the Boston Events Calendar for June to be sure.

Come join this festive event, which for many marks the beginning of summer in Boston.  You'll enjoy the ice cream - and you'll enjoying knowing that you've made a small but important contribution to the live-saving cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber.

Details and Directions

Location: Boston City Hall Plaza
Closest T station: Blue and Green Line/Government Center
Dates:  Check Boston Events Calendar for June for details
All-You-Can-Eat Tickets (2010):  $8 for ages 10 and up; $4 for ages 3-9, and free for children under 3.  Get a $15 Scooper Pass, and you can attend as many as 3 times!
For more information:  website  (click on Events)