Updated: Free Ice Cream at Ben & Jerry's Tuesday in Old Town Alexandria

ice cream shop at 103 S. Union St. is offering free ice cream cones until 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

Patrons will be greeted at the door by Renee Eder, a representative of the Northern Virginia Coalition, a group known as Novaco with offices in Old Town Alexandria and Fairfax that helps victims of domestic abuse.

The event is run by Ben & Jerry's but the staff on Tuesday are volunteers from or working on behalf of Novaco. 

Collin Lieberg stopped by this afternoon to enjoy a cone of triple carmel chunk. And why did he stop by? For the simple reason, "I like ice cream."

Iman Kassim, Johanna Rivas and Nancy Rivas from a Best Buy electronics store in Lake Fairfax, Va., were on hand to scoop up the ice cream as volunteers for Novaco.

"We do a lot of community service events," said Kassim. "We like people to know we are not just an organization but a part of the community."

Eder said her organization did a similar event two years ago requesting donations at three Ben & Jerry's locations concurrently and said her group's efforts brought Novaco $2,500.