— A Cary ice cream shop will be offering free scoops of ice cream this July.

Andia's Homemade Ice Cream is taking part in the national "I Pledge" Project, which gives children a free scoop of ice cream if they come in and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Children ages 12 years and younger can take advantage of this promotion from noon to 2 p.m. every Sunday in July.

Andia's opened nearly a year ago at 10120 Green Level Church Road in west Cary. The shop is named after matriarch and ice cream maker Andia Xouris, but the entire venture is a family affair.

The shop's wall decor and menu designs were done by the Xouris children - Alyssa and Alex, who both attend Elon University. Andia creates the flavors and her husband, George, handles the finances.

In November, Andia's French Vanilla flavor won second place at the National Ice Cream Retailers Association (NICRA) conference. The shop took home the WRAL.com Voters' Choice Award for best local ice cream in January.

For adventurous dessert seekers, Andia's offers a warm glazed doughnut ice cream sundae. The doughnut is sliced in half, stuffed with ice cream and then smashed down and heated with something similar to a waffle iron. It is then topped with chocolate and caramel syrups and sprinkles.

Out and About taste-tested this dessert and the Cap'n Peanut Butter Fudge sundae, which has Cap'n Crunch cereal on top and Andia's homemade Peanut Butter Fudge ice cream. They are both decadent, delicious and good to share!