For a good cause

Central Phoenix ice cream parlor Churn has launched a new flavor – Rodeo Queen, which is now through June.

The ice cream: Sweet cream ice cream with lemon curd, lemon cupcake, and strawberry syrup, and topped with a playful pink cowboy hat.

The donation: For every scoop of Rodeo Queen purchased though June, which is also Pride Month, Churn will donate $1 to One Community.

The cause: One Community’s mission is to bring workplace equality and equal treatment in housing and public accommodations for the LGBTQ+ community in Arizona.

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🥚 Over Easy is teaming up with Shamrock Farms in April to raise funds (and eggs) for United Food Bank.

Diners at any of the 11 Over Easy locations in Arizona will have the opportunity to donate $1 or more, and Over Easy will match each donation.

In addition, every dollar raised will contribute a dozen eggs to the food bank.

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🥙 Scottsdale-based Pita Jungle celebrates National Pita Day today with an all-day promotion to raise money for Arizona non-profit Waste Not, whose mission is creating sustainable food systems that help people and the planet flourish.

For every pita sandwich sold today at its participating Valley locations, Pita Jungle will donate $1 to Waste Not.

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💵 FnB in Old Town Scottsdale will host a fundraising evening of food and wine Saturday, April 15, for the Blue Watermelon Project, a local non-profit group of chefs, restaurateurs, farmers, and community food advocates dedicated to expanding, encouraging, and engaging students in healthy eating. Tickets start at $250.

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🎓 Downtown Phoenix fine-dining restaurant Anhelo, whose owner/chef Ivan Jacobo is an Estrella Mountain Community College alum, is hosting a wine dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday to raise money for four culinary arts scholarships to the school.

Tickets are $600 per person and must be purchased through OpenTable.

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👨‍🍳 The inaugural Nicole Learmont ‘‘F*ck Cancer’’ benefit dinner – a six-course family-style meal created by Valley chefs Adam Allison, Mark Coakley, Brent Kille, Jeff Kraus, Mat Meyer, and Dom Ruggiero – will take place at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 19, at the Handlebar Diner in southeast Mesa.

Learmont, who was bar manager at Dos Gringos and helped Allison, her longtime companion, operate the Handlebar, died last March from lung cancer.

All proceeds from the dinner will go to local cancer charities. Tickets are $125 person.

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Pedal Haus Brewery has brewed a special seasonal and will host a kickoff party from 6-9 p.m. Friday for the Rob Dollar Foundation bike ride 🚲 to raise road safety awareness for cyclists and drivers.

The beer: R.A.D Pumpkin 🍺 was just released, and 10% of the beer’s sales will be donated to the Chandler-based non-profit foundation.

• The beer is named in honor of cyclist Rob A. Dollar, who died after being struck by a driver while riding at South Mountain in 2017.

The kickoff party: Happy hour specials will be extended until 8 p.m. Friday with $2 off all other appetizers at Pedal Haus in downtown Phoenix.

• People will be able to register for Sunday’s fifth annual Rob Dollar bike ride at South Mountain.

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The ninth annual Save Second Base Pub Crawl ⚾️⚾️, a fundraiser for two Valley women fighting breast cancer, takes place Friday and Saturday in downtown Chandler.

Participating bars: San Tan Brewery, Murphy’s Law, Bourbon Jacks, The Perch, The Stillery, Quart Haus, Recreo, The Uncommon, and Craft 64.

Tickets: $65, which is good for both days and includes a drink 🥃 at each bar, a State48 event t-shirt 👕, and a swag bag 🛍.

• Tickets 🎫 can be purchased online and picked up by 4 p.m. Friday at the Darwin Wall Team office in downtown Chandler.

Hours: 4 p.m.-close Friday, 10 a.m.-close Saturday.

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