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Free ice cream! Handel's, USFL Canton team up for Sunday giveaway

Kelsey Davis
The Repository
Handel's Homemade Ice Cream is partnering with USFL Canton to offer free ice cream cones for a limited time April 16.
  • Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream and USFL Canton have teamed up to offer free ice cream cones on April 16.
  • Starting at 2 p.m., 100 customers at each of Handel's 23 locations in Northeast Ohio will receive a free single-scoop ice cream cone.
  • The free cones are courtesy of USFL Canton.

Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream and USFL Canton have teamed up to offer free ice cream cones during a limited time April 16.

Starting at 2 p.m. Sunday, 100 customers at each of Handel’s 23 locations in Northeast Ohio will receive a free single-scoop ice cream cone of any available flavor. The limit is one per customer.

The free cones are courtesy of USFL Canton, home to the Pittsburgh Maulers and New Jersey Generals , in advance of their home opener at 1 p.m. April 23 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. At 7 p.m. that evening, Canton will host the Michigan Panthers vs. the Philadelphia Stars .

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USFL is sponsoring the giveaway of free ice cream cones at Handel's prior to its home opener.

Handel’s locations in the Canton, Akron, Cleveland and Youngstown markets are participating in the giveaway. The North Canton and Massillon Handel’s stores will have guest appearances from the USFL Canton dance team and mascots representing the Maulers and Generals.

For a complete list of Handel’s locations, visit handelsicecream.com .

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