Gelato Fiasco Teen Center Scoop-a-thon

The 15th annual Teen Center Scoop-a-thon at Gelato Fiasco is on Wednesday, April 26! Area businesses and residents are invited to support community youth at the Flagship Gelato Fiasco store in Brunswick from 11am-11pm! Gelato Fiasco will donate $2 from every pint, dish or coffee sold to the Brunswick Area Teen Center. Purchases will count from all customers and no special code is needed. This event is also sponsored by many local businesses. Also this year, Big Top Deli will donate 15% of their sales from April 26 to the Teen Center! Stop by Big Top for 

lunch and Gelato for dessert!

Throughout the day there will be entertainment, a 50/50 raffle, celebrity scoopers and Bowdoin College will be providing nighttime entertainment and scoopers. Celebrity Scoopers will include Hollywood to Maine transplants, husband and wife Xander Berkley and Sarah Clarke of film and tv fame from 5:30 – 7 pm!

This is the 18th year of the Teen Center Program and 15th Annual Gelato Fiasco Scoop-a-Thon. These annual events have seen over 1,000 people participating yearly and have raised over $100,000 for the Teen Center Program!

“The community has been coming together for this

 event for over a decade!” said Joshua Davis, co-founder of Gelato Fiasco. “It’s great to see so many people supporting our teens, year after year.”

The success of the annual Teen Center Scoop-a-Thon fundraiser inspired Gelato Fiasco to create its Scooping for Community Program, which provides an opportunity for non-profit organizations to mobilize supporters and raise funds for their organizations in the greater Brunswick and Portland areas. The program provides support to more than two dozen school and community organizations each year.

People Plus would like to thank additional sponsors for this event including Lead Sponsors Bill Dodge Auto Group, Bowdoin College, Mid Coast-Parkview Health, Priority Real Estate Group, Rusty Lantern Market, and Bar Harbor Bank and Trust. Plus Dead River Company, Midcoast Federal Credit Union, Darling’s Ford, Norway Savings Bank, Rotary Club of Brunswick, Coastal Rotary, Maine Pines Racquet and Fitness, Edward Jones Topsham, Fraser Ruwet Contracting LLC, Pete J. Flanagan Painting, Bailey’s Seafood, Brunswick Police Benefit Association, Mark Turcotte Plumbing, Moore Painting Inc., Mossy Rock Landscaping, Ashby Construction, and Frosty’s Donuts.

The Gelato Fiasco Flagship Store is located at 74 Maine St. in downtown Brunswick. For more information about the event, call the Brunswick Area Teen Center at (207) 721-0754.

Celebrity scoopers

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Mike Grave from Dead River
1 to 2:30 p.m.: John O’Neill from Bar Harbor Bank & Trust and Reeva Wyman from Mid Coast Federal Credit Union
2:30 to 4 p.m.: Kyle Labbe from Brunswick High and Greg McCarthy from Brunswick Junior High
4 to 5:30 p.m.: Chris Bowe from Mid Coast Hospital and John Eldridge from Town of Brunswick
5:30 to 7 p.m.: Xander Berkeley (“24,” “Air Force One,” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”) and Sarah Clarke (“24,” “Twilight,” “Bosch”)
7 to 8:30 p.m.: Michael Woodruff and Michael Danah from Bowdoin College
8:30 to 10 p.m.: Dean Odejimi and Elisa Rafat from Bowdoin College
10 to 11 p.m.: Eman Okyere and Souleman Toure from Bowdoin College

Entertainment on the town sidewalk

12 to 2 p.m.: Pat Cannon & Friends
2 to 3 p.m.: Claude Bonang
3 p.m.: BHS Student Performers
4 p.m.: BHS Student Musicians
4 to 6 p.m.: Jim Bleikanp, Radio WCME on-air interviews
5 p.m.: WOW – Woodside One Wheelers & Jugglers
5:45 p.m.: Choral Singers (Bowdoin)
8 p.m.: Miscellania (Bowdoin)
8:30 p.m.: BOKA (Bowdoin)
9 p.m.: Ursus Verses (Bowdoin)
9:30 p.m.: Meddiebempsters (Bowdoin)
10 p.m.: Longfellows (Bowdoin)
11 p.m.: 50/50 raffle drawing