National Donut Day?

My father-in-law was kind enough to point out to me that today is National Donut Day. I was wondering how the donut became special enough to deserve its own holiday and did some investigating. According to holidayinsights.com, "National Doughnut Day" is always the first friday in June, and honors the Salvation Army "lassies" of WWI. The holiday is often used as a fundraiser for the causes of the Salvation Army. I can't believe I have lived my whole life without celebrating this special holiday! It was established in 1938, so its not one of your new "halmark holidays" like good-old Sweetest Day.

So the holiday details claim that donut shops often give away donuts and simultaneously fundraise for the Salvation Army. Free stuff is always good and this peaked my interest. It seems like this might often be a "local donut shop" thing, so I looked at our most well-known donut shop: Dinkels. The website says nothing about Donut Day. I went to Dunkin Donuts...nothing there either. But on the Krispy Kreme site there is a little icon that mentions the holiday ... though you cant click on it and no more info is offered. A bit more research suggests that perhaps you can get a free donut at Krispy Kreme so you might want to go check it out :)

And if while you are eating your free donut you dont have the opportunity to give to the Salvation Army ... remember that they are the point of this holiday and check out how you can give to the organization.