The Scoop: Super Scooper All-You-Can-Eat Ice Cream Festival

The dish: The name of this annual event, now in its 15th year, is a mouthful. But so is the unlimited quantity of frozen treats you can consume for just seven dollars - $7!

The deal: Go to Penn's Landing, look for the big white tent in the lot next to the Seaport Museum, pay, then line up at one of 20-some tables for scooped-to-order cups of Breyers, Haagen-Dazs, Bassett's, Turkey Hill, Ben & Jerry's and Jack & Jill, plus Philadelphia Water Ice, various frozen sweets on sticks and more.

The difference: This year, the event - which has raised more than $1 million for the Joshua Kahan Fund that supports kids, especially CHOP kids, with leukemia - got moved to Welcome America's quiet first weekend and shortened from three days to two. We bum, not just for us, but for those kids.

How many: In years past, 16,000 to 20,000 eaters attended.

How much: Most years, they ate a half-million servings of ice cream.

Behind the scenes: A pair of refrigeration trucks store the treats. About 300 volunteers make sure stuff gets served before it melts.

The rules: No limits. Also, no lawn chairs. It's SRO. When you get your scoops, please move to the side.

More than just ice cream: Jeff Kahan founded the event in memory of his son Josh, who lost his life to AML Leukemia just shy of his third birthday. The first Super Scooper drew 1,000 people. Now, the event is "the largest ice cream party Philadelphia ever has," said Kahan.

Much more: Josh's dad does it so that sick kids can smile for now, and, one day, get well. He picked an affordable ice-cream festival, he said, "So families can be together and focus on each other. I wanted the parents looking at their kids, and kids looking at their parents." When that happens, said Kahan, it's like Josh is back.

The details: Walnut Street and Columbus Boulevard, noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, $7, jkf.org.