Cold Stone Creamery Makes Wishes Come True with $751,943.06 Donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.PHOENIX -- Cold Stone Creamery Cold Stone Creamery is an ice cream parlor chain based in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.[1] HistoryThe company was co-founded in 1988 by Susan and Donald Sutherland (unrelated to actor Donald Sutherland), who sought ice cream that was neither hard-packed executives and Phoenix Fire Department firefighters presented a check for $751,943.06, the largest donation in company history, to the Make-A-Wish Foundation The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that grants wishes to children (2.5 years to 18 years old) with life-threatening medical conditions. (R) of America at the Cold Stone Creamery at the Camelback cam·el·back adj. Shaped like a hump or an arching curve. n. New Orleans A narrow house with one story in front and two in the rear. See Regional Note at beignet. Colonnade colonnade (kŏlənād`), a row of columns usually supporting a roof. Colonnades were popular with the Greeks and Romans, who employed them in the stoa and the portico; they have continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages, the on May 26. Donations were collected at stores nationwide throughout the month of April and during the fourth annual World's Largest Ice Cream Cake Ice cream cake is either ice cream in the shape of a cake or ice cream and cake layered together to make a single form. The idea of ice cream cake came from desserts composed of cream and cookies or cake called trifles, which first turned up in the Renaissance. Social on April 25. About the Make-A-Wish Foundation The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Born in 1980 when a group of caring individuals helped a young boy fulfill his dream of becoming a police officer, the foundation is now the largest wish-granting charity in the world, with 74 chapters in the United States and its territories, and 28 international affiliates on five continents. Granting more than 11,500 wishes a year and 127,000 wishes worldwide since inception, the Make-A-Wish Foundation celebrates "25 Years of Making Dreams Come True" in 2005. For more information about the Make-A-Wish Foundation, visit www.wish.org. About Cold Stone Creamery Cold Stone Creamery was developed to create The Ultimate Ice Cream Experience(R), and is carried through by a community of franchisees passionate about ice cream. The secret recipe for smooth and creamy ice cream is handcrafted hand·craft n. Variant of handicraft. tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts To fashion or make by hand. hand·craft fresh daily in each store, and then customized by combining a variety of mix-ins on a frozen granite stone. With more than 1,000 stores from coast to coast, Cold Stone Creamery plans to become the No. 1 best-selling ice cream brand in America by Dec. 31, 2009. Cold Stone Creamery is an independently owned franchise system, headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. For more information about Cold Stone Creamery, visit the company's Web site at www.coldstonecreamery.com. |
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