Photograph Credit: LaMar's Donuts
More free doughnuts on National Donut Day. LaMar’s Donuts welcomes guests to choose a free gourmet donut with a hole with no purchase required.
If you are near a participating LaMar’s Donuts’ location, then stop in on June 1, 2012 between 5:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to choose your sweet treat.
The following history of National Donut Day is from LaMar’s Donuts’ web site:
THE HISTORY OF NATIONAL DONUT DAY
National Donut Day is celebrated on the first Friday in June. In 1917, Salvation Army female volunteers known as “lassies” prepared thousands of donuts to the homesick soldiers that served in France during World War I.
The doughnuts were made by filling a pail with oil and using left over dough flour and other ingredients on hand and a wine bottle as a rolling pin. Doughnuts were fried – seven at a time – in steel helmets on an 18-inch stove. The 100 doughnuts made that first day were an immediate success.
Soon, hundreds of soldiers stood in muck outside the tent, waiting for the sweet taste of doughnuts. Before long, The Salvation Army was cooking thousands of doughnuts around the clock. National Donut Day was officially established in 1938 by the Chicago Salvation Army to raise much-needed funds during the Great Depression.
As you continue using time wisely and investing in the lives of those around you, enjoy a little sweetness together to begin your weekend! Happy Doughnut Day!