04/06/2026
Have you enjoyed a donut or 2 on National Donut Day!!
Did you know National Donut Day was started by The Salvation Army in America.
Check out the information found on Wikipedia.
National Donut Day or National Doughnut Day, celebrated in the United States and in some other countries, is on the first Friday of June of each year, succeeding the donut event created by The Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938 to honour those of their members who served donuts to soldiers during World War I. The holiday celebrates the donut. Many American donut stores offer free donuts on the occasion.
National Donut Day started in 1938 as a fundraiser for Chicago's The Salvation Army. Their goal was to help those in need during the Great Depression, and to honour the Salvation Army "Lassies" of World War I, who served donuts to soldiers.
Donut Dollies were women volunteers of the Salvation Army, who travelled to France in 1918 to support American soldiers.
Soon after the entrance of the United States into World War I in 1917, the Salvation Army sent a fact-finding mission to France. The mission concluded that the needs of American enlisted men could be met by canteens/social centres termed "huts" that could serve baked goods, provide writing supplies and stamps, and provide a clothes-mending service. Typically, six staff members per hut would include four female volunteers who could "mother" the boys. These huts were established by the Salvation Army in the United States near army training centres.
