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National Donut Day commemorates the doughnut festival initiated by The Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938 to honor those of its volunteers who served donuts to soldiers during World War I.
The Salvation Army's Annual National Donut Day is being commemorated by Entenmann's Bakery, which is assisting The Salvation Army. People who love baked goods also celebrate this day.
In 1938, the Salvation Army held the inaugural National Doughnut Day in Chicago to honor World War I donut lassies. During the Economic Crisis, they started the event to collect money and promote awareness for the Army's social welfare activities. Donut lassies fried donuts in American Soldiers' helmets.
In 1938, the Salvation Army laid the foundations for this day.
Here are important aspects of the history of this day:
Dunkin' Donuts is also commemorating National Doughnut Day with the implementation of two fresh donut variants with exciting and colorful sprinkle toppings. The Vanilla Cake Batter Donut is filled with the vanilla mixture and coated with chocolate icing before being covered with confetti sprinkles.
You honor the day's philanthropic spirit, which resulted in the establishment of National Donut Day. You might either generate donations or donate your time for the Salvation Army or another charitable organization that works with our armed forces.
You could even do it just for National Doughnut Day, which falls on the first Friday in June every year. Surprisingly, just five months later, on November 5, a second National Doughnut Day occurred.
While National Donut Day isn't a legally recognized holiday, it is widely observed.
No, it's not; however, National Donut Day has always been celebrated annually on the first Friday in June.
National Doughnut Week is also organized to raise money and awareness for The Children's Trust, a charitable organization located in the United Kingdom that assists children with brain injuries.
There are two National Doughnut Days, the first of which occurs on the first Friday of June each year and the second of which occurs on November 5.
It celebrates the events during the Great Recession to raise funds and raise awareness for the Army's social welfare programs.
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At Kidadl we pride ourselves on offering families original ideas to make the most of time spent together at home or out and about, wherever you are in the world. We strive to recommend the very best things that are suggested by our community and are things we would do ourselves - our aim is to be the trusted friend to parents.
We try our very best, but cannot guarantee perfection. We will always aim to give you accurate information at the date of publication - however, information does change, so it’s important you do your own research, double-check and make the decision that is right for your family.
Kidadl provides inspiration to entertain and educate your children. We recognise that not all activities and ideas are appropriate and suitable for all children and families or in all circumstances. Our recommended activities are based on age but these are a guide. We recommend that these ideas are used as inspiration, that ideas are undertaken with appropriate adult supervision, and that each adult uses their own discretion and knowledge of their children to consider the safety and suitability.
Kidadl cannot accept liability for the execution of these ideas, and parental supervision is advised at all times, as safety is paramount. Anyone using the information provided by Kidadl does so at their own risk and we can not accept liability if things go wrong.
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