
Free Cone Day Benefit for Save the Woods at Downtown Asheville Ben & Jerry's
Free Cone Day turns into a Save the Woods fundraiser with free ice cream, $1 ice cream cake raffle entries, and optional $5 skip the line passes. Expect face painting, prize giveaways, DJ beats, and local musician performances in a downtown scoop shop.
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