The 17th Annual Ice Cream Social Fundraiser benefiting Kate’s Kart will be held on Saturday, June 21st and Sunday, June 22nd, 2025.
News release from Kate’s Kart:
Kate’s Kart 17th Annual Ice Cream Social Fundraiser
June 21st & 22nd, 2025Fort Wayne, Indiana (May 8, 2025) – The 17th Annual Ice Cream Social Fundraiser benefiting Kate’s Kart will be held on Saturday, June 21st and Sunday, June 22nd, 2025.
The Ice Cream Social is a day to celebrate the mission and impact of Kate’s Kart. On “Go Eat Ice Cream Days,” the community is encouraged to support Kate’s Kart while purchasing ice cream at any of the partnering ice cream shops. Kate’s Kart volunteers will be on-site at 31 partnering ice cream shops located across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio, gifting kids goodie bags and books, donated in celebration of us gifting ½ a million books since 2008, (while supplies last).
Kate’s Kart is a nonprofit organization that strives to provide a comforting diversion to hospitalized children through the gift of a new book. Over the last 17 years, the organization has grown to service 25 northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio hospitals via 44 book Karts. The team of 100 volunteers, along with the help of hospital staff, give away approximately 4,400 brand new books every month to hurting and scared children in the hospital. To date, over 485,000 books have brought smiles, distraction, and hope to hospitalized children and their families. This summer, Kate’s Kart is celebrating gifting their ½ a millionth book.
For more information and a complete list of days and times for each shop, please visit kateskart.org.
2025 Participating Ice Cream Shops:
Saturday, June 21, 2025
- Just Cream Ice Cream Boutique, Ft. Wayne
- Kuehnert Milk House, Ft. Wayne
- Handel’s Ice Cream North, Ft. Wayne
- Handel’s Ice Cream Southwest, Ft. Wayne
- Kilwins Ice Cream Shop, Ft. Wayne
- Oh Five Scoop Shop, Ft. Wayne
- Rusty’s Ice Cream, Ft. Wayne
- Sweet Sanity, Ft. Wayne
- The Stand Coneys & Crème, Ft. Wayne
- Ashley’s Ice Cream Café, Marion
- BerryWinkle Frozen Yogurt, Muncie
- Blue Moon, Garrett
- Chillz Ice Cream Shop, N. Manchester
- Cowabunga Creamery, Albion
- Dairy Queen, Portland
- Edon Dairy Treat, Edon, Ohio
- Grabill Dairy Sweet, Grabill
- Jebi’s Ice Cream Shoppe, Huntington
- Lucy’s Vedie Twist, LaGrange
- Magic Wand Restaurant, Churubusco
- The Old 27 Ice Cream Shop, Decatur
- Ritter’s Frozen Custard, Warsaw
- Scoops Ice Cream, Angola
- The Brown House, Auburn
- The Tasty Spoon, Hartford City
- The White Cottage Sweet Shoppe, Berne
Sunday, June 22, 2025
- Sundaes on Sylvan, Rome City
- Auburn Dairy Freeze, Auburn
- Grabill Dairy Sweet, Grabill
- Handel’s Ice Cream North, Ft. Wayne
- Handel’s Ice Cream Southwest, Ft. Wayne
- Jebi’s Ice Cream Shop, Huntington
- Oh Five Scoop Shop, Ft. Wayne
- Otto’s Ice Cream, Churubusco
- Zesto Ice Cream, Angola
- Zesto Ice Cream, St. Joe
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