A number of Sudbury’s media personalities stuffed their faces with Dairy Queen’s Blizzard ice cream cakes to help promote Science North’s campaign to send more children to its science summer camps across the country.
KISS Sudbury morning host Jeremy John won a friendly competition Saturday in which he and other members of the local media had to eat as much of a Dairy Queen Blizzard ice cream cake in three minutes as possible.
“I was trying to get as much heat to it as possible, so I was actually the first one to unwrap my cake,” John said.
Science North CEO Guy Labine also participated in the friendly competition, and said later this year was the first time Science North has partnered with Dairy Queen.
Anyone who visits a Dairy Queen in Sudbury and North Bay can currently get a coupon that saves them $5 when they visit the new Wild Weather exhibit.
And until July 11, Dairy Queen will donate $2 from every Blizzard ice cream cake it sells in Sudbury to Science North’s Risto Laamanen Fund.
The fund helps children attend Science North’s various science summer camps, who may not be able to go otherwise.
Sudbury.com’s own Patrick Demers participated in the cake eating completion Saturday.
“It was a lot tougher than I thought it would be,” he said. “My fingertips went numb probably 40 seconds into the competition.”
Jim Gray, a graphic designer with Sudbury Living Magazine, also took part in the competition.
Unlike many of his competitors, Gray opted to use a fork to eat the cake, rather than his hands.
“I know some of my competitors were using their hands, but you’ve got to keep it clean,” said. “Sudbury Living is a good wholesome lifestyle brand, so you’ve got to come in there clean.”
You can learn more about Science North’s summer science camps on their website.
