O'Shea, Special Olympic Athletes Serve Scoops For A Good Cause

CHICAGO — How about having an ice cream cone for lunch? The Original Rainbow Cone will be serve scoops for a good cause during the last month of summer. From noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10, Ald. Matt O’Shea (19th) and Special Olympics Chicago athletes behind the counter at the Beverly location dishing out ice cream, while raising awareness of the iconic ice cream eatery’s cone of the month special.

Throughout the month of August, $1 of every “Fruity Scoops’ cone of the month sold will benefit Special Olympics Chicago and Special Children’s Charities, who provide year-round activities for over 7,500 individuals with intellectual disabilities through the Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Park District. O’Shea is a board member for the organization and former president. The 19th Ward is home to hundreds of Special Olympics Chicago athletes who compete through the programs at Mt. Greenwood Park and the Chicago High School for the Agricultural Sciences.

Rainbow Cone’s Fruity Scoops features scoops of strawberry, orange sherbet, wildberry sorbet.