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Norwood Friendly's Hosts 'Celebrity Scooping' Fundraiser

Friendly's will host an ice cream scooping event with New England Revolution players Kelyn Rowe and Femi Hollinger-Janzen on July 21.

What: To celebrate Friendly's Ice Cream once again being named the Official Ice Cream and Family Restaurant Brand of the New England Revolution, the 80-year-old Massachusetts-based company, alongside the New England Revolution, will host an ice cream scooping event with New England Revolution midfielder Kelyn Rowe and forward Femi Hollinger-Janzen on Thursday, July 21 at its Norwood restaurant located at 1469 Providence Highway.

New England Revolution players will swap the field for the Friendly’s ice cream counter to serve ice cream lovers and soccer fans alike, their favorite frozen treats, everything from classic Black Raspberry to indulgent Hunka Chunka PB Fudge®. Additionally, to help support its communities’ youth, Friendly’s will donate 100% of ice cream sales from the event to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston. Guests will have the opportunity to meet and greet their favorite Revolution players, as well as the Revolution mascot, Slyde the Fox, while also giving back to a great local cause!

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When: Thursday, July 21, 2016
3:00PM-4:30PM

Where: Friendly's
1469 Providence Highway
Norwood, MA 02062

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About Friendly's Ice Cream, LLC

Friendly’s Ice Cream, LLC is a vertically integrated company with an iconic brand name, serving signature sandwiches, burgers and ice cream desserts in friendly, family restaurants and offering a wide variety of packaged ice cream and other frozen treats in retail stores across America. Together with its franchisees, the company has system-wide sales of over $500 million. For 80 years, Friendly’s restaurants and dedicated service teams have delighted generations of guests. Friendly’s retail division distributes ice cream cartons, cakes, sundae cups, rolls and novelty items in over 8,000 retail locations throughout all 50 states. For the future, Friendly’s has plans for new food and ice cream products, bright new restaurants and different ways for us to reach and satisfy customers. For additional information pleasevisit here.

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