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Beacon of Hope: Congratulations Mitch Sandlin!

Our CEO, Mitch Sandlin had the distinct honor of being named "Miracle Maker" by American Dairy Queen in 2019. Now they've awarded him with the Beacon of Hope Award. Watch their incredible remarks above and read the story from the Virginian Pilot here.



We proudly offer payroll donations to the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters. New employees love to hear they can easily make a charitable donation to a great organization like CHKD!

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Every year we mark the beginning of Spring by offering all customers a Free Small Cone at Mid Atlantic Dairy Queen locations.

We also invite DQ® fans to donate $1 to the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters and return the favor with their favorite dip flavor!

In 2024, Mid Atlantic Dairy Queen served over 27,000 cones and raised over $10,000 for the kids at CHKD!

Stay tuned for the 2025 date!

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Mid Atlantic Dairy Queen proudly supports the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters. Our team and fans make our contributions possible through a variety of fundraising efforts.

All donations by DQ® in Hampton Roads will directly benefit the mental health of adolescents. Investing in young people is the best thing that we can do for the future of our community.

We make it easy to help by offering you to Round Up your change when you visit DQ®!

We raised over $500,000 for the kids at CHKD in 2023!!! 

This wouldn't have been possible without the amazing actions of our crewmembers and the incredible support of the community.

In 2023, we sold nearly 10,000 Blizzards on Miracle Treat Day, Dipped over 4,000 cones on Free Cone Day, received over 800,000 individual donations from fans, and our staff donated nearly $40,000 with payroll deductions.

All in all, 2023 was our BEST year yet and it's paving the way for us to reach our goal of raising $5,000,000 for kids at CHKD by 2030.

Thanks for your help in reaching this major milestone!