$750,000 Raised For Make-A-Wish Foundation

PHOENIX, AR (Friday, May 27, 2005) - Cold Stone Creamery executives and Phoenix Fire Department firefighters present a check for $751,943.06, the largest donation in company history, to the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America at the Cold Stone Creamery at the Camelback Colonnade 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 Social on April 25. Pictured: (L to R: Martha Mariscal, store owner; J.J., Make-A-Wish® child; Mike Billingsley, Phoenix Fire Department; Todd Dunnington, Phoenix Fire Department; Donald Sutherland, Cold Stone Creamery founder; Chris Garretson, Phoenix Fire Department; Angela, Make-A-Wish child; Sheldon Harris, Cold Stone Creamery President; Gary Tigges, Phoenix Fire Department; Jennifer Maher, Make-A-Wish VP of Marketing and Corporate Alliances; and Doug Ducey, Cold Stone Creamery CEO & Chairman.)

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 U.S. 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®, and is carried through by a community of franchisees passionate about ice cream. The secret recipe for smooth and creamy ice cream is handcrafted 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 #1 best-selling ice cream brand in America by December 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

For More Infromation Please contact:
Kevin Donnellan
Phone: (480) 348-1704
Email: kdonnellan@coldstonecreamery.com

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