Duck Donuts, known for serving Warm, Delicious and Made to Order! ® donuts, announces its new national Quack Gives Back partnership with Make-A-Wish, a global nonprofit organization that creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.
Now through June 18, Duck Donuts guests can help transform lives for children in their local communities by purchasing the special-edition Wish Donut. The Wish Donut can be ordered in-shop or online and features chocolate or vanilla icing topped with Make-A-Wish-inspired blue and white sprinkles. With each Wish Donut sold, Duck Donuts will donate 50 cents to the organization. Guests can also donate when they place an online order or by rounding up their change in-shop.
“Duck Donuts is delighted and honored to introduce nationally recognized Make-A-Wish as its new national Quack Gives Back partner,” said Betsy Hamm, CEO of Duck Donuts. “This campaign and partnership allows us to rally system-wide and engage the local communities we serve as we work to raise funds to create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.”
Each wish makes a powerful and lasting impact on every child, volunteer, supporter, and community that experiences it. Since its founding in 1980, Make-A-Wish has granted more than 360,000 wishes for children with critical illnesses in the U.S. and more than 550,000 wishes globally.
"A wish brings hope and joy to children facing an incredible hardship," said Leslie Motter, president and CEO of Make-A-Wish America. "Duck Donuts is giving families nationwide an escape from the traumatic stress brought on by a critical illness. Their commitment to the mission makes wishes possible, and we're extremely thankful for the partnership."
Wish Donut price varies by location. For more information about the partnership, visit https://www.duckdonuts.com/about-us/wish/.
ABOUT MAKE-A-WISH
Make-A-Wish creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Founded in Phoenix, Arizona, Make-A-Wish is the #1 most trusted nonprofit operating locally in all 50 states throughout the U.S. Together with generous donors, supporters, staff and more than 24,000 volunteers across the country, Make-A-Wish delivers hope and joy to children and their families when they need it most. Make-A-Wish aims to bring the power of wishing to every child with a critical illness because wish experiences can help improve emotional and physical health. Since 1980, Make-A-Wish has granted more than 550,000 wishes in 50 countries worldwide; more than 360,000 wishes in the U.S. and its territories alone. For more information about Make-A-Wish America, visit wish.org.
ABOUT DUCK DONUTS
Duck Donuts opened its first locations in 2007 in the beach resort towns of Duck and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with the intention to create an oasis for vacationers to enjoy warm, delicious, made-to-order donuts. Headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, the company began franchising in 2013, and prides itself on sprinkling happiness to its guests through its unique in-store experience, exceptional guest service and a duckzillion donut combinations. As one of the fastest-growing donut franchise companies, Duck Donuts has more than 115 locally owned and operated shops across 23 states and three international locations in Burlington, Ontario; Cairo, Egypt; and Riyadh, KSA. For more information, visit www.duckdonuts.com.
