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Get a free cone at Carvel today and help the Red Cross

Stop by Carvel for a free soft serve on April 27 from 3 to 8 p.m. — and support the American Red Cross while you're at it.
/ Source: TODAY

If you're lucky enough to live in one of the 24 states that has a Carvel, swing by today from 3 to 8 p.m. to pick up a free cone — and support a good cause.

To start ice cream season right, the classic chain is giving out a free junior soft-serve cone of vanilla, chocolate or cookie butter (aka speculoos)—one per customer, of course.

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We all scream for...free cone day at Carvel!Carvel

While you're there, you can also support a great cause — the American Red Cross — by picking up a $1 coupon book that has more than $20 in Carvel savings. All proceeds will go to the Red Cross, with contributions — supporting disaster relief efforts — now exceeding $150,000 to date, the company said.

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“We’re extremely proud to be a supporter of the American Red Cross for the last six years. Carvel’s guiding purpose is to bring joy to people via simple pleasures, and thus, it was a natural fit to partner with an organization that brings joy to people in a time of need by providing urgent relief and simple comforts," Scott Colwell, president of Carvel, told TODAY.

Last year on TODAY, we celebrated Carvel's free cone day by taking a look at some retro commercials for the ice cream brand, featuring, of course, the iconic Fudgie the Whale cake.

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Carvel has been around since 1934, but its shops are keeping up with the times with a modern new look — and soft-serve flavors like cookie butter.Carvel

While Fudgie is still around, many of the the 83-year-old ice cream maker's shops have an updated, modern look and a much more expansive menu than back in the day — though the ice cream is still made fresh locally, with local ingredients (Tom Carvel was apparently a hipster pioneer ahead of his time!).

The soft-serve flavors, which vary by shop, now include more than a dozen options, like tiramisu, pumpkin and that cookie butter — which you can try for free today.