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  DATELINE:  BOSTON; BROOKLINE; CAMBRIDGE; JAMAICA PLAIN; NEWTON CENTRE; SOMERVILLE AND WEST ROXBURY, MAð€¦ Â  Every Monday in the month of July scratch cards will be given away in all 8 J.P. Licks locations.   Prizes include J.P.Licks treats and some really cool prizes and discounts from the following Boston partners:   Boston Movie Tours              Crazy Doughð€™s Pizza City View Trolley                   Franklin Park Zoo     Spikeð€™s Junkyard Dogs         Jillianð€™s Lucky Strike Lanes               BodyScapes Fitness   Newbury Comics                    Qdoba Mexican Grill. New England Sports Museum at TD Banknorth Garden   Scratch Me Mondays dates: July 7         July 14       July 21       July 28   The Grand Prize features a $250 Cash Cow Card from J.P. Licks and one floral arrangement a month for one year from Twig.  Customers can enter to win online the month of July through August 15, 2008   According to Vince Petryk, J.P. Licks founder, ð€ÇWe had a lot of fun with our scratch card program last year and weð€™re very excited about the ð€˜Scratch Me Mondaysð€™ game this year.  We have a great line-up of prize partners and I think our customers will be delighted to win ice cream and a lot of other cool stuff.ð€Ý   Best of Boston and Beyond                                                                       For more than 25 years, J.P. Licks has been serving homemade ice cream and other specialties in their eight Kosher-certified shops in and around Boston.  Locally owned and operated, J.P. Licks has won many awards over the years for their intensely-flavored homemade ice cream and frozen yogurt.  Most recently, J.P. Licks was named ð€ÇBest of ---More-- Bostonð€Ý by Boston Magazine and also made WBZð€™s ð€ÇA-Listð€Ý for the second year in a row.  Known for their high quality, scrumptious treats and their knack for ð€Çtreating people rightð€Ý, J.P. Licks was named Greater Boston Chamber of Commerceð€™s ð€ÇSmall Business of the Yearð€Ý.   In addition to their frozen creations, J.P. Licks roasts their own fair trade and organic coffee beans on-site at their Jamaica Plain store, which ensures the best and the freshest, full-bodied cup of coffee around.  Decadent hand-packed ice cream cakes as well as breakfast and ice cream sundae catering are also available.    Visit the website at www.jplicks.com for more information.         J.P. Licks Locations:   Jamaica Plain             659 Centre Street                       (617) 524-6740                                     Jamaica Plain MA 02130 Coolidge Corner          311 Harvard Street                     (617) 738-8252                                      Brookline MA 02445 Davis Square              4A College Ave                           (617) 666-5079                                      Somerville MA 02144 Harvard Square           1312 Massachusetts Ave.          (617) 492-1001                                     Cambridge MA 02138 Newbury Street           352 Newbury Street                   (617) 236-1666                                     Boston MA 02115 Newton Centre            46 Langley Road                         (617) 244-0666                                     Newton Centre, MA 02459 Mission Hill                 1618 Tremont Street                   (617) 566- 6676                                     One Brigham Circle                                     Boston MA 02120 West Roxbury              661 VFW Parkway                      (617) 325- 1516                                     Chestnut Hill MA 02467      


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