Reasons to be Cheerful: Hudson

What’s better than ice cream for Christmas?!?! Lots and lots of ice cream!! Thank you Rick Steigler and the crew at Hudson’s own Reasons to Cheerful for thinking of us.

Our Hudson location will close for the season beginning Monday, November 29th! Be sure to stop by our West Concord shop in the meantime 🍦

Coming soon: Winfrey's Fudge & Chocolates at Reasons to be Cheerful! 🍫 Stay tuned and get ready to pick up some fine chocolates from Reasons to be Cheerful in the near future!

Since 1979, Winfreys' Fudge & Chocolates has been locally crafting fine chocolate and fudge from Massachusetts, boasting over 50 flavors of chocolates and 20 flavors of fudge!

Learn more: https://www.winfreys.com/

Now serving local George Howell Coffee ☕️ Stop in for a cup today!

George Howell Coffee sources the finest coffee from regional and single-farms. They offer quality coffee from farmers that act as true partners, forming relationships fostered from trust and deep respect for their consistent dedication to excellent coffee.

Learn more here: https://www.georgehowellcoffee.com/

Check out the Art for All Installation at our West Concord shop! 🎨 A big thank you to the for pulling this together and continuously supporting our community through inclusive art workshops and projects.

Reasons to be Cheerful: Hudson updated their business hours.

Ever thought of joining a local meat share? Reasons to Be Cheerful in West Concord is now distributing organic, local meat and poultry shares monthly from November-March from !

Hettie Belle Farm raises all of their own animals in Warwick, MA organically and on grass. Full and small shares available at: https://www.hettiebellefarm.com/farm-products.

Questions? Contact [email protected].

Want to support art, inclusivity, and the West Concord community? 🎨Visit Reasons to Be Cheerful 🍦 and check out the 's ART for ALL installation from November 6th through December. Make a donation and have your name added to the installation piece by the Village Art Room Mascot, "Art"!

Donate to the Art for All campaign here: https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/art-for-all/general_support.

The Bring Art to All campaign builds on the Village Art Room's mission of enriching lives and enlivening the community by better serving people of all abilities and circumstances with:

- More accessible, inclusive workshops for people from Minute Man Arc and others with cognitive disabilities at the Art Room
- New wheelchair accessible workshops at the Fowler Library

Support this cause by making a donation today!

On Saturday October 23rd, look for train cars in the windows of West Concord businesses with trivia about the history of West Concord! You can pick up game sheets at participating businesses. If you complete the game, you can enter a raffle for a prize!

Just want to learn about West Concord History? Check out all of the train car trivia cards at the ART for ALL art show at Reasons to be Cheerful through December! Thank you to ART for ALL and the Fowler Library for putting this together :)

Autumn is upon us, so what better way to celebrate than with the Chillwagon at Pumpkin Palooza! 🍁🍦🍂

Visit the Chillwagon at the American Heritage Museum October 9th-10th! 🍦

Part Time Scoopers Wanted
Must be over 16 and available weekdays after school.
To Apply stop by the store or check out our website for an application.

Calling all boys and girls K-5! Join the Hudson Cub Scouts for a sign up event at Reasons to be Cheerful Hudson on Sept. 18th from 1-4pm! The best part? Any youth that registers gets a free small ice cream 🍦

Reminder!!! Bring your family and friends to sing, dance, and play instruments with Mister Vic, a well-known local children’s musician, tonight at 5:30 in Hudson 😎 🍦🎶

The Chillwagon has been making appearances all over town, including this birthday party in Acton! 🎉Where will it go next? Book the Chillwagon for your next event at https://www.cheerful-reasons.com/chillwagon 🍦

Enjoy ice cream from the Chillwagon at Restoration Smiles' OPEN HOUSE of their new dental office on Friday, Sept. 10th from 2-5pm!

Have you visited Gaining Ground? 🍅🥦The Chillwagon sure has! Gaining Ground is a nonprofit organic farm in Concord, MA that grows vegetables and fruit with the help of several thousand community volunteers and donates all of this fresh food to area meal programs and food pantries.

Learn more at gainingground.org, and don't forget to sign up to volunteer!

We will be closed on Sunday, August 22 due to the anticipated impact of Tropical Storm Henri.

Pictures from our make-your-own ice cream event with the Hudson Public Library last week! Participants made their own ice cream using salt, ice, vanilla, sugar, and cream, and then they enjoyed real ice cream from the store! Thanks to all for joining us! 🥰🍦👏🏻

Have a great night! 🍦🍓🌈

Hey! We're excited to announce that you'll now be able to enjoy our delicious ice cream at Carlson Orchards in Harvard! We'll be here on select weekends throughout the picking season.

We're serving right next to the The Cider Barn where you can enjoy Hard or Sweet Cider, amazing flatbreads and lots of live music!

We can't wait to serve you.

Cool off with an ice cream today. And don’t worry, we have AC! ☀️🍦🤩

Happy weekend! Stop by today to enjoy an ice cream cone on our porch! 🍦

Ice cream besties! 🍦👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏻🤩

Chocolate frappe - a classic! 🍫🍦🥰

Visit us today for some strawberry chip ice cream! 🍦🍓🍫

Salted caramel pretzel cone… can’t go wrong! 🤤🍦🥨

All you need is love… and maybe a little ice cream🍦🥰

We’re currently serving lemon ice cream as one of our specials! It’s refreshing, creamy, and delicious! Stop by to try it before it’s gone! 🍦🍋

Did you know it’s National Hot Fudge Sundae Day? We’re celebrating with a 10% off discount on all sundaes, so stop by today! 🍫🍒🥰

Stop by today to enjoy our coffee ice cream, which we make with REAL espresso! And of course top it with our delicious chocolate jimmies! ☕️🍦🥰

Coffee + black raspberry chip perfection 🍦😻☕️

Are nine colors of sprinkles too many? We don’t think so! Come in today to make your own sundae masterpiece! 🍦🎨😍

Hot fudge sundae = happiness! 😋🍦🍫

CONGRATULATIONS CONTEST WINNERS!! 🍨🎉

Hudson Winner:
Concord Winner:

DM us for details on how to redeem your free ice cream sundae if you have won!

🚨FREE SUNDAE GIVEAWAY🚨In honor of 🍦National Ice Cream Day🍦, we are giving away a free sundae to one lucky ice cream lover! 😋

To enter, check out our post of a sundae with a cherry on top 🍒

Contest begins now and ends at noon on Sunday, July 18 (National Ice Cream Day)! The winner will receive a free two scoop sundae. Good luck everyone! 🍦🥰🎉

🚨FREEBIE ALERT!!!🚨

In honor of National Ice Cream Day tomorrow (July 18), all sprinkles will be FREE! We will have pink, purple, blue, green, red, orange, yellow, rainbow, and chocolate sprinkles available! We’ll only have these extra colors for a limited time, so make sure to stop by! 🌈🍦🥰