{"id":168238,"date":"2026-03-19T15:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/168238\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:20:14","slug":"dairy-queens-free-cone-day-helping-childrens-of-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/168238\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairy Queen&#8217;s &#8216;Free Cone Day&#8217; helping Children&#8217;s of Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippians can indulge in a guilty pleasure without feeling any guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Popular dessert-centered fast food restaurant Dairy Queen is offering free ice cream all day March 19. The \u201cFree Cone Day\u201d promotion applies to a small cone of vanilla ice cream.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cspire.com\/?utm_source=banner&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=brand&amp;utm_content=theres_more_to_c\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"cspire 2025\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/theres_more_to_c_728x90.jpg\" alt=\"cspire 2025\"   width=\"728\" height=\"90\" style=\"display: inline-block;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the Mississippi, consumers will have the option of adding layer of coated chocolate, making it a \u201cdipped cone,\u201d for an extra $1 with proceeds going to Children\u2019s of Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelping kids has never been so sweet! You can enjoy a FREE cone at participating Dairy Queen locations. Get it dipped, and $1 will be donated to support your local children\u2019s hospital,\u201d a release from the state\u2019s only children\u2019s hospital reads. \u201cEvery dollar donated helps kids get the care they need to thrive!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-308038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Childrens-of-Mississippi-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Children's of Mississippi\" width=\"375\" height=\"563\"  \/>Dairy Queen is partnering with Children\u2019s of Mississippi as part of its \u201cFree Cone Day\u201d promotion. (Photo from Children\u2019s of Mississippi)<\/p>\n<p>The Mississippi promotion applies to participating Dairy Queen locations in Ridgeland, Pearl, Flowood, Brandon, Jackson, Richland, Meridian, Natchez, Brookhaven, and Hattiesburg.<\/p>\n<p>With warmer temperatures approaching, Dairy Queen is offering customers a celebratory sweet treat that they can enjoy at the most affordable rate possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no strings attached \u2014 just pure, frozen fun. It\u2019s the perfect excuse to grab your bestie, surprise the kids or simply treat yourself,\u201d a promotional statement from Dairy Queen reads. \u201cHowever you choose to celebrate, Free Cone Day is all about savoring a moment of simple happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mississippians can indulge in a guilty pleasure without feeling any guilt. Popular dessert-centered fast food restaurant Dairy Queen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-168238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}