A 12-year-old boy was forced to close his ice cream shop after complaints were made to the Norwood Health Department.
Nancy Dougherty said her son, Danny, was bored this summer and wanted a job, so he decided to make and sell ice cream.
His mother told him he must donate at least half of the money he raised to a charity of his choice.
So Danny decided to donate it to his brother’s hockey team, the Boston Bear Cubs.
They set up shop outside their Norwood home, and friends and neighbors stopped by to get ice cream last week.
But a few days later, the family received a letter from the Norwood Health Department telling them to close the ice cream stand because it was in violation of state regulations.
“The health department is just doing their job and responding to complaints. I’m rather disappointed and shocked that someone would think that a little ice cream stand that serves about 20 people we know is worthy of a complaint,” Nancy Dougherty said.
So the family decided to give away the leftover ice cream they made this weekend, but the complaints just drew even more attention.
Danny was able to raise over $1,000 for the Boston Bear Cubs on Saturday.
“It’s clearly a violation of Massachusetts food regulations and we have no intention of continuing to do this, but we’re really grateful to the person who tipped us off at this point because we really hope that this will lead to more donations now that this is well known to the general public,” Dougherty said.
The Boston Bear Cubs are a Canton-based hockey team for children and youth with disabilities.
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