Miracle Treat Day, August 7th, 2008

August 7th, 2008 was Dairy Queen's Miracle Treat Day for Children's Miracle Network(CMN). This is where Dairy Queen's (DQ) from all over the country and Canada donate the proceeds from the sale of blizzards to CMN. This was the third year that our DQ participated. I am not sure if this is the third year of the Treat Day or just our third year. Anyway, two years ago, our own DQ sold more blizzards that day than any other DQ in the US and Canada. This from a town of 6,500 people. Last year our own DQ sold 7,011 blizzards that day and again sold more than any other DQ in the US and Canada. Last year the CEO of DQ came to the store for the day. Obviously our DQ wanted to be the best again this year. There goal was to sell 8,000 blizzards. Well last Monday the total was revealed at 12,347. That is quite amazing!! And remember this from a town of population of 6,500.

As most of you know my daughter Susanna was a CMN baby four years ago. Susanna was born at 24 weeks gestation (16 weeks early). She weighted in at 1 lb 8 oz and was 12 in long. (I will share our story in a future blog.) Our family has been personally touched and helped by CMN. Susanna and I participate in as many CMN events that we can. We went down to the DQ that afternoon to greet people and talk about our story. One of the co-founders of CMN, Joe Lake was their from Utah and one of our US Congress Rep was also in attendance. That evening the DQ had some inflatable games for kids and a small concert that was put on my a CMN dad. It was a wonderful day with many many people from our small community coming out to support this wonderful cause. Since our DQ made its goal and then some, I guess the national CMN will be hosting a concert of some sort for our town. We do not know the specifics yet. Here are some pics and a video of Susanna having fun at the festivities that evening.