Reminder: Get Your Free Ice Cream Cone TODAY from Dairy Queen!

By CHARLENE ARSENAULT (Patch Staff)

WESTON, CT — 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."

Below are the closest Dairy Queen locations near you:

• 949 Huntington Rd Bridgeport, CT 06610-1716
• 1902 Post Rd Fairfield, CT 06824-5720
• 401 Monroe Tpke Monroe, CT 06468-2276
• 885 Summer St Stamford, CT 06905-5501
• 1514 Barnum Ave Stratford, CT 06614-5406
• 21 Homer St Waterbury, CT 06704-1725

Photo via Dairy Queen