Angel Porrino, Josh Strickland, Mac King and Cast of Absinthe Scoop Ice Cream for Charity
Ben & Jerry’s 33rd Annual “Free Cone Day,” held on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at the District at Green Valley Ranch and Sunset Station Hotel & Casino Scoop Shops was an overwhelming success, giving away more than 10,000 cones (Pictured above: Angel Porrino from “Holly’s World” and Absinthe – Photo credit: Scott Harrison)!
Josh Strickland (PEEPSHOW and “Holly’s World” co-star), pictured with Ben & Jerry’s crew and friend
Photo courtesy of Ben & Jerry’s.
Every year, the Henderson locations enlist the help of local celebrities to help scoop ice cream to benefit local children’s charities. This year, the Nevada Community Learning Centers (formerly Classroom on Wheels) and St. Jude’s Ranch for Children raised more than $2,000 combined over the course of the day’s event.
Absinthe’s Gazillionaire, Melody Sweets and Ivana Chekov-Jones
Photo courtesy of Ben & Jerry’s.
The District at Green Valley Ranch location welcomed the help of Josh Strickland (PEEPSHOW and E!’s “Holly’s World” co-star), Chippendales’ Jace Crispin and Kenny King; Lady G from Hot 97.5 KVEG-FM’s Morning Show, Lorena and Tracey from Luxor’s FANTASY, Jersey Boys Peter Saide and Jeff Leibow, Cheaza (PEEPSHOW’s “Peep Diva”); Jelani Remy (“Simba” in Disney’s THE LION KING); “Defending the Caveman” star Kevin Burke; Thunder from Down Under cast members Ryan and Marcus, Zowie Bowie’s Chris Phillips; Ryan Ahern (star of Piano! Las Vegas); Mac King (The Mac King Comedy Magic Show); and Angel Porrino (co-star of E!’s “Holly’s World” and the newest cast member of Absinthe).
The location also hosted Games2U, a vehicle featuring interactive games and activities.
Magician Mac King makes Ben & Jerry’s ice cream disappear
Photo courtesy of Ben & Jerry’s.
Ben & Jerry’s Sunset Station Hotel & Casino Scoop Shop welcomed help from Craig, Al & Andy of KOMP-FM’s “Rock ‘n Roll Morning Show,” Absinthe’s Gazillionaire, Ivana Chekov-Jones and Melody Sweets, and Sunset Station’s own acoustic rocker Shawn Eiferman.
More Information
The Nevada Community Learning Centers’ (formerly Classroom on Wheels) mission is to provide preschool children and their families with quality educational services to empower them to succeed in life. Throughout the years, the success of the COW program has grown tremendously. As a result, the parent organization name has been changed to Nevada Community Learning Centers and the preschool program renamed Three Key Years Preschool Program, while remaining dedicated to providing educational services to economically disadvantaged preschool children and their families. For more information, please call 870-7201.
St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, located in Boulder City, serves all abandoned and neglected children and families, creating new chances, new choices and new hope in a safe, homelike environment while working to break the vicious cycle of child abuse and provide help and hope to children and families. For more information, please call 294-7100 or visit www.stjudesranch.org.
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