Dairy Queen Brings Health and Hope to Kids at Gundersen on Miracle Treat Day July 28

Dairy Queen is bringing hope to kids at Gundersen Health System, a member hospital of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Gundersen wants to ensure that children in our community can lead healthy, fulfilling lives. But they can’t do it alone.

On Thursday, July 28, participating DQ locations are giving back to positively change the health of children in our community. On Miracle Treat Day, $1 or more from every Blizzard sold at participating DQ locations will benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Through these donations, Gundersen can provide treatments and support patients desperately need today, so that they can fulfill their potential for tomorrow.

Patients like Piper. She is an active first grader who weighed just 1 pound and 10 ounces when she was born 16 weeks early at Gundersen. CMN Hospitals was there for Piper and her parents as they navigated a 105-day NICU stay. Piper’s parents, Amber and Dan, received gas cards and meal vouchers to help keep them fueled to stay by Piper’s side during her hospitalization. CMN Hospitals also funded the isolette that Piper lived in for the first weeks of her life.

“It’s important to have this charity in the community because you don’t know how much you need it or how crucial it will be to your child and their survival until you need it,” says Piper’s mother, Amber. “Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals let us focus on what was important — Piper and her health.”

The DQ brand has been a proud partner of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals for 38 years and has raised nearly $1 million locally for Gundersen. Their support has brought joy and hope to kids treated in the hospital in numerous ways — these donations have helped fund patient grants, life-saving equipment, research and more.

Children’s hospitals are at the frontlines when it comes to protecting the health of future generations, and DQ locations nationwide want to help them foster the business owners, creators and leaders of tomorrow. Thanks to your donation, this will continue to create a ripple effect to change kids’ health to change the future in our community for years to come.

Thanks to you and DQ for helping change kids’ health and change the future at Gundersen.