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Lovin' Scoopful is a brand of ice cream whose goals are placing smile on people's faces and raising the human spirit by supporting a charitable cause like the Special Olympics. Hence, the introduction of Lovin' Scoopful Churned Light Ice cream in February, 2008, donating 25% of the company's post tax profits($50,000 minimum) to the Special Olympics International. Ultimately, the company hopes to donate to multiple causes through a broad range of consumer food products.

Product
Lovin' Scoopful is a churned light premium ice cream with half the fat of full premium ice cream and half the calories that began a s regional boutique ice cream brand, and now this product can be found across the country in selected stores in thirteen different seasonal flavors.

Principals
Daniel H. Samson, Angelo Moratti, Maria Shriver and Timothy P. Shriver are the four principal architects of Lovin’ Scoopful LLC. They were each chosen for what they distinctly bring to building the Lovin’ Scoopful brand. The four owners each hold 25% equity stakes in the company.

Daniel H. Samson currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and co-manager of Lovin’ Scoopful LLC and manages all the company’s day to day operations. Mr. Samson founded Danken’s gourmet ice Creams in 1983 and sold the company in 1998. Danken’s manufactured and distributed super-premium ice cream products throughout the Pacific Northwest and West Coast of the United States, and in Japan. Mr. Samson managed all aspects of the business including strategic direction, product development, budgets, sales, inventory management, personnel, manufacturing, distributor, warehouse, supplier, co-packer and retailer relationships. Mr. Samson has served on the board of, or consulted for, a number of food related companies. Angelo Moratti who currently serves as vice president of SARAS S.P.A, the largest oil refinery in the Mediterranean, is in charge of structuring the company’s financial direction. Mr. Moratti is a board member of Special Olympics International. Mr. Moratti also has served on or is currently serving on a number of other boards including Inter Milan Football Club (the 2006 Italian A League Soccer Champion), Armani Jeans Olympia, Syntek Capital Group, AON Nikols Italia, Sarlux (former chairman), E-Planet (founder and former chairman), AngeLab (Chairman) and the Associazione Amici del Centro dino Ferrari. The latter association was developed to aid the diagnosis and therapy for neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders. Mr. Moratti also participates in a number of venture capital pursuits.

Maria Shriver is Lovin’ Scoopful’s creative and marketing director. Ms. Shriver is an award winning journalist and best selling author who became the First Lady of California when her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger was inaugurated as the 38th Governor of California on November 17th, 2003. She has embraced her role as First Lady of California and continues to work feverishly on a number of issues including but not limited to child obesity, Alzheimer’s disease, person’s with disabilities, support for military families, disaster preparedness, the Earned Income Tax Credit, Healthy Start, the working poor and helping to empower poor families to break the cycle of poverty. Following a long-time tradition among the Kennedy clan, Ms. Shriver has become a longtime advocate for children's health and disability issues, as these were values inculcated from her mother Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

Timothy P. Shriver currently serves as Lovin’ Scoopful’s chairman and co-manager. Mr. Shriver, as a member of the Kennedy family himself, has also actively campaigned for charitable organizations helping those with special needs; consequently, he directs the company’s cause related initiatives. Mr. Shriver served as the Chief Executive Officer of Special Olympics International from 1996-2005. He is the current chairman of Special Olympics. Mr. Shriver has worked with world leaders to transform Special Olympics into a movement that focuses on acceptance, inclusion and respect for individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities in all corners of the world. Mr. Shriver offers unparalleled access, knowledge and passion about matters related to Special Olympics and the principles for which Lovin’ Scoopful stands. Before joining Special Olympics Mr. Shriver served in various roles including educator, counselor, author and speaker and currently serves on several corporate boards.