Free Dairy Queen! Get Your Ice Cream Cone On The House

By: Charlene Arsenault

BOSTON, MA - Don't let the day pass you by without grabbing your free ice cream.

On Tuesday, March 15, participating Dairy Queen locations are offering each customer one free small vanilla cone. During the promotion, Dairy Queen asks for donations to the Children's Miracle Network.

Dairy Queen usually schedules the fundraiser and promotion for the first day of spring, but are holding it early this year in honor of the 75th anniversary of Free Cone Day, reports Bustle.

Barry Westrum, executive vice president of marketing for American Dairy Queen Corporation, told Yahoo Finance that DQ raised $140,000 in one day last year, averaging about 1,330 cones per store. He said he hopes to surpass those numbers this year.

Children's Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH), says its website, "was established nationally in 1983 to help children by actively supporting improved health care for millions of young people around the world. CMNH's mission is to generate funds and awareness programs for the benefit of children served by its associated hospitals, now numbering more than 170 nationwide."

Massachusetts Dairy Queen locations:

335 Center St., Abington

130 Pond St., Ashland

Auburn Mall

21 North Main St., Bellingham

479 Cabot St., Beverly

1138 North Main St., Brockton

1535 Memorial Drive., Chicopee

655 High St., Clinton

242 Main St., Edgartown

829 Main St., Falmouth

143 River St., Fitchburg

122 Main St., Foxboro

441 Main St., Harwich Port

The Hanover Mall

158 High St., Ipswich

190 South Union St., Lawrence

49 East Main St., Marlborough

914 Webster St., Marshfield

7 East Grove St., Middleboro

250 South Main St., Middleton

190 West St., Milford

323 North Main St., Natick

389 North Washington St., North Attleboro

286 North Main St., North Reading

652 Washington St., Quincy

96 Elm St., Salisbury

291 Main St., Spencer

917 Rt. 28, South Yarmouth

Silver City Galleria, Taunton

328 West Boylston St., West Boylston

18 Summer St., Westborough

226 Main St., Weymouth

Photo courtesy of Dairy Queen