Ice cream served for charitable cause

Come indulge in free ice cream for a cause. More than 1,350 Cold Stone Creamery locations are gearing up for the World’s Largest Ice Cream Social, an annual nationwide fundraiser which benefits the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

This year’s Ice Cream Social will take place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at store locations in Kansas and Missouri, including the Lawrence location at 647 Mass. Free ice cream will be served, and donations are welcomed.