The way our ice cream truck typically works is an organization or charity will submit a request for us to come to their event through our website, www.icecreamforacause.com. If we can attend the event, Darling’s Auto Group will provide the Darling’s Ice Cream for a Cause Truck, all the ice cream, an ambassador to run the truck at the event, and marketing materials to promote your event, all at no cost to the event or the charity. At events, we hand out ice cream and ask patrons to donate what they can to the cause or charity for which the event is fundraising. 100% of all donations collected at each event go to the charity or cause for which the event is fundraising.

Businesses can work a little differently. They often want to show their appreciation to employees and/or customers by donating on their behalf or would like to support their community by giving a set donation or matching donations. We offer the following ways to fundraise at business events:

– Collect donations from employees/customers

– Your company/institution can match the donations collected from employees/customers

– Your company/institution can make a set donation and ask your employees/customers to donate as well if they choose

– Your company/institution can donate on behalf of your employees/customers and treat them to ice cream.

For corporate events and institutions such as a hospital, schools, or summer camps that would like to treat their staff/clients/customers/students and not ask for donations from them, we ask that they donate a minimum of $250 to the charity they choose or $2.00 per employee/customer for larger groups over 250 people. To encourage philanthropy throughout communities, we ask that businesses/institutions select a charity that is not directly associated with their company/institution (this prevents a double dipping scenario where a company/institution donates to itself for us providing ice cream to their staff/clients/customers/students). You can choose any charity. It can be large, small, local, national, or global.

With events like this, we ask that the company/institution write out a check to the charity (in the charity’s name) and either give it to us on the day of the event or mail it to our office so it is received before the event. We then send that check, a check for any cash donations we may have received at the event, a letter explaining how the funds were raised, and a little information about our ice cream truck to the charity. We’ve found that this is a great way to give credit to the business that hosted the event and introduce our ice cream truck program to charities that we can potentially help in the future.

If you would like to host a Darling’s Ice Cream for a Cause Truck event at your business you can submit a request. If you have further questions or an idea that you would like to run by us, please email us at DarlingsICT@icecreamforacause.com.