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Where 2025 Grads Can Net Perks in NYC

1. Museum of Modern Art – Upper East Side

Calling all 2025 graduates! Stop by MoMA in your cap and gown, or just bring your tassel, and get FREE admission. To plan your visit, take a look at what’s on view and explore upcoming events like film screenings, drop-in drawing, and more. This offer is open to 2025 graduates only and redeemable on-site for one ticket through Monday, June 30, 2025.

2. TDF's Graduation Gift – Times Square

TDF is offering FREE TDF Memberships to all 2025 graduating seniors from New York City's public and charter high schools. TDF Members can purchase deeply discounted tickets online for Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off Broadway, music, opera, and dance performances at up to 70 percent off. Tickets range from $11-60. Graduation Gift TDF Members also receive access to exclusive special offers.

3. Magnolia Bakery – Various Locations

The class of 2025 can get a sweet treat with Magnolia Bakery’s limited-time graduation cupcakes. Graduates of any age are eligible for one, FREE classic cupcake in store if they stop by in their cap and gown or with their 2025 diploma until Monday, June 30, 2025. This applies to grads of any age, too!

4. Xing Fu Tang – Various Locations

Have a boba lover? Xing Fu Tang is saying cheers to the class of 2025! Swing by any of its NYC locations in your cap and gown and enjoy a FREE drink of your choice—gold foil boba not included.

5. Senior Photos at the Conservatory Garden – East Harlem

Register in advance for your FREE senior photo session in the lovely Conservatory Garden, nestled in the charming northeast corner of Central Park! Sessions take place on Wednesday, June 18, and last 10 minutes. Wear your cap-and-gown or other outfit of your choice; portraits are emailed to the address used to register within 10 days.

Freebies for NYC Kids who Make the Grade

6. Krispy Kreme – Multiple Locations

All K-12 students can celebrate the spring semester with a FREE doughnut for each A (up to six) on their report card, one time at participating shops now throughout the summer. Students must be present, and the report card must be from the current term. Eligible doughnuts include the iconic Original Glazed and other core doughnuts; premium offerings are excluded.

7. Chick-fil-A – Multiple Locations

Select restaurants across the US offer FREE food to students who bring in a report card showing all As and Bs. Rewards vary by location, but it's worth asking what your local outpost is offering! Because each Chick-fil-A is independently operated, participation is up to the individual franchise owner.

8. Chuck E. Cheese – Multiple Locations

Your kid crushed it in school, and now it’s time to celebrate those hard-earned grades with 10 FREE bonus Play Points at Chuck E. Cheese. To participate, visit the link above to print out a Super Student Certificate, and bring it along with your child's report cart on your next Chuck E. Cheese trip to redeem! Bonus: There are loads of other celebratory certificates here, so you can reward milestones big and small all year long!

9. Applebee's – Multiple Locations

The A is for Applebee’s reward is good for a FREE kids’ meal for students 12 and under who excel in academic or nonacademic areas. Students can collect vouchers from their teachers or libraries for a good report card or good behavior. There's a limited number of these rewards offered each school year, so contact your local Applebee’s to find out if it's participating.

10. Cold Stone Creamery – Multiple Locations

At some Cold Stone locations, you can trade in your straight-A report card for a FREE ice cream. Kids can get this treat from kindergarten to fifth grade. As with most national chains on this list, the offer may vary by franchise, so make sure to double-check your local Cold Stone.

11. McDonald’s – Multiple Locations

Your local McDonald’s may offer students from K-5th grade a FREE Happy Meal or a FREE Value Meal for students in 6th-12th grade when they present a straight-A report card. Be sure to contact your local McDonald's to see if it offers this promotion.

12. Burger King – Multiple Locations

Get a FREE hamburger or an ice cream cone for scoring 100% on a test! It is limited to one FREE hamburger per week per child – including homeschooling families! Contact your local restaurant to verify participation.