POSTPONED: Dairy Queen Free Cone Day to Benefit Seattle Children’s Hospital

Official Statement from DQ:

At DQ®, we like to sweeten the start of spring with Free Cone Day, a fan-favorite event that attracts long lines at our restaurants. In light of the growing concerns about COVID-19 (coronavirus), and the precautions established by the World Health Organization and government agencies around large public gatherings, we made the difficult decision to postpone this year’s Free Cone Day, which was scheduled for Thursday, March 19 in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The health and wellbeing of our fans and crew members is our top priority, and we look forward to rescheduling at a later date when we know more.

DQ stores remain open and our focus is to provide a clean and safe place for our fans to continue to enjoy their favorite foods and treats. We are following our everyday cleaning and sanitation practices that meet and often exceed local, state and government standards. We also have increased the frequency of employee handwashing and cleaning of high-contact areas in our restaurants including door handles, pin pads for transactions, condiment and beverage stations, countertops and fan seating areas. We are continuing to monitor updates on the coronavirus and are following the guidance provided by the World Health Organization, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Health Canada.

This message is posted to DQ.com as well. Find it here: https://www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/News/#faq_group_1_header

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To celebrate its partnership with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and its loyal fans, Dairy Queen will once again host Free Cone Day on the first day of spring – March 19th, 2020.

Participating Dairy Queen and DQ Grill & Chill® locations in Western Washington will serve fans a free small vanilla soft-serve cone with the signature curl on top, and offer a chance to make a donation to Seattle Children’s Hospital. (At participating DQ® locations only. Limit 1 small cone per customer.)

Since 1984, the Dairy Queen system has raised more than $125 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in local communities and they are on a mission to continue helping sick and injured kids that need it most.