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Dairy Queen® loves kids. Whether its little league teams celebrating at our restaurants after games, children enjoying dinner with their parents, or teenagers visiting for cool treats at the end of a date, "Dairy Queen" and kids go hand in hand. And, if these cherished youngsters ever became sick or injured, we want to help assure they have the best medical care available.

That's why the "Dairy Queen" system has been a proud national sponsor of Children's Miracle Network (CMN) since 1984. During the past 19 years, Dairy Queen operators throughout the United States and Canada have raised more than $47 million for CMN. Our support enables us to give something back to the communities in which we do business.

Children's Miracle Network is an international non-profit organization dedicated to generating funds and awareness programs to benefit kids treated at 170 children's hospitals throughout North America. CMN raises funds through innovative cause-marketing promotions and other programs developed to meet the business objectives of its sponsors. CMN also boasts the largest national television fund raiser in North America, produced in Walt Disney World and aired the weekend following the U.S. Memorial Day holiday. CMN's hallmark is that locally generated donations stay in the community to benefit kids treated at the local CMN hospital.

CMN hospitals represent the premier pediatric healthcare facilities in their respective communities, treating children of all afflictions, including cancer, birth defects, accidents and muscular and cardiovascular diseases. These facilities, which provide care based on filling the needs of families rather than on their ability to pay, treat more than 17 million kids each year.

"Dairy Queen" and CMN are a perfect fit.

CMN Fundraising News
"Dairy Queen" operators throughout the United States and Canada raised more than $3.3 million for CMN hospitals during the 2002 fund-raising year. The $3.3 million contribution was presented at the 2003 Children's Miracle Network Celebration, held March 20-22 in Orlando, Fla. The Celebration, which was pre-recorded, aired the weekend of May 31 - June 1 and raised $230 million.

CMN Promotions

Dairy Queen® operators' most common fund-raising technique is simply collecting pocket change. The Change a Child's Life campaign offers "Dairy Queen" operators free cash collection canisters to enhance their fund-raising efforts.
This program, which is funded by a grant from International Dairy Queen, Inc., has placed collection canisters in more than 2,200 "Dairy Queen" stores.

CMN Web Site
Visit the Children's Miracle Network website at www.cmn.org to learn about this international organization, its 170 affiliated hospitals for children, and its many partnering sponsors, television stations and radio stations. Also, check out the Champions Across America/Canada page of the CMN website to meet the Miracle Child representing your state or province during 2003.