How Does It Work for Schools?

Earn 100% Profit for Your Schools or Organization with a Darling’s Ice Cream for a Cause Stop!

We’re proud to have helped dozens of schools, clubs, organizations, and parent-teacher groups raise money for their cause! This is a unique and fun way in Maine to help raise money for great causes of all sizes.

Do you need to fund your arts program or robotics team, upgrade instruments for the band, buy jerseys or equipment for the team, pay for a field trip, creat scholarship funds, raise money for a student or family in need, or any other cause? We can help! We can also help causes in your community, like Boy or Girl Scout groups, recreation groups, churches, families in need, non-profits, etc.

We can help raise funds for preschools, elementary, middle and high schools, or colleges and universities!

See below for answers to our most frequently asked questions.

Request A Stop

Frequently Asked Questions

Why consider fundraising with the Darling's Ice Cream for a Cause truck?

It’s easy, fun, and free for your school!
No selling involved
Free materials and promotion assistance
Get your community involved – students, teachers, families, and local community members!
100% of all donations collected go back to your cause!

How does it work?

The Darling’s Ice Cream for a Cause truck offers free ice cream in exchange for voluntary donations. These donations help raise money for charities and other causes in our communities. If you have a cause or a charity, no matter the size, we want to help you raise money!

You request a stop for an event at your school by filling out the Request a Stop form.
We schedule on a rolling basis, so expect to hear from us about six weeks prior to your event! If we’re available, we schedule your stop and confirm our availability. We will let you know if we’re unable to attend, so you’ll hear from us either way!
We help you promote the event to make it a success, so you can raise the most money possible. We provide free resources and marketing materials to help you promote your event and we will also promote your stop on our social media.
At the event, one of our ice cream ambassadors will bring the truck to your stop and hand out ice cream in exchange for voluntary donations.
We will mail you a check for 100% of the proceeds within 2-3 weeks after your event.

How much can we raise?

An average two-hour stop earns between $200-$400, although some events earn much more.

This varies depending on the event, location, and weather. The more you help spread the word about the event, the more you can earn! We will help with promotion and can give you lots of ideas on how to get the word out, but the more parents, students, teachers, and local community members that you can have stop and get ice cream during your stop, the more money you will raise!

What types of events do you attend?

We’ve found that open houses work best, where there are lots of parents present to help donate, but we often attend other types of events where there are a lot of people present!

Some events that would be a good fit for our truck include:

Graduation Ceremonies
Sporting Events and Games
Field Days or End-Of-Year Celebrations
Science Fairs
Art Shows
Club Events
Open Houses
Family Nights
Dances/Proms
Spirit Weeks
Community Suppers
Movie Nights
Concerts

How much does it cost?

There is no cost to your school or organization. Darling’s donates the ice cream, and 100% of all collected donations go back to your school or organization.

Free ice cream - what's the catch?

There is no catch! We mean it!

We created this truck with the idea of creating smiles, sharing sweet treats, and helping causes in the communities that we live and work in.

How can I schedule my event?

You can request a stop now! Visit our Request a Stop form and fill it out.

Our truck will be on the road on or around April 1st (weather permitting of course) through October 31st, and we will start creating our schedule for the season in early to mid-March.

Darling’s Ice Cream for a Cause events are booked on a rolling six-week basis. We keep all events on file until we review them, approximately six weeks before the event date. Once we have reviewed all the requests for the same day and decided which events we’ll attend, we email each event coordinator to confirm whether or not we’ll be attending their event. This process allows us to give equal consideration to all the events requested for the same day and plan with better logistics so we can attend as many events as possible.