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WHO: |
Participating non-mall Dairy Queen® and DQ Grill & Chill® locations throughout the | |
| United States | ||
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WHAT: |
Participating DQ® locations will serve fans a FREE small vanilla soft-serve cone with |
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| the signature curl on top | ||
| Donations will be collected for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals®, which raises | ||
| funds to help save and improve the lives of kids treated at 170 children’s hospitals | ||
| across the U.S. and Canada. | ||
| All donations collected on Free Cone Day stay in the communities in which they are | ||
| raised to support local kids at area CMN Hospitals. | ||
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Last year, a total of $140,000 was raised and more than 1,330 cones per store |
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were served during Free Cone Day. |
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WHEN: |
All day on Tuesday, March 15 | |
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WHERE: |
To find a participating location, contact information for Dairy Queen locations can be | |
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found at www.DairyQueen.com/locator. |
MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES:
Local participating Dairy Queen Locations invite media in on Free Cone Day to learn how to make the cone with the curl on top.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
For more information about the Dairy Queen system, visit DairyQueen.com. Connect with the DQ system on Twitter using #LOVEmyDQ and at twitter.com/dairyqueen. Visit the DQ Facebook fan page, which has more than 10.2 million friends and become a friend at facebook.com/dairyqueen.
About IDQ:
International Dairy Queen Inc., (IDQ), based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the parent company of American Dairy Queen Corporation. Through its subsidiaries, IDQ develops, licenses and services a system of more than 6,600 locations in the United States, Canada and 27 other countries. IDQ is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Berkshire) which is led by Warren Buffett, the legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire. For more information visit DairyQueen.com.
About Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals:
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® raises funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals that provide 32 million treatments each year to kids across the U.S. and Canada. Donations stay local to fund critical treatments and healthcare services, pediatric medical equipment and charitable care. Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $5 billion, most of it $1 at a time through the charity's Miracle Balloon icon. Its various fundraising partners and programs support the nonprofit’s mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. Find out why children’s hospitals need community support, identify your member hospital and learn how you can Put Your Money Where the Miracles Are, at CMNHospitals.org and facebook.com/CMNHospitals.
Link to b-roll footage: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ub6b2whoitkytyt/DQ%20B-ROLL%20Free%20Cone%20Day%202016.mp4?dl=0
