My friend……Holly Herrick Posted this on Face Book this morning…. I had not known about what importance a
Doughnut played in America’s history……………………… Did you……?
“It’s National Doughnut Day. What’s your favorite kind of doughnut? I like a simple cake doughnut, sometimes dusted in
powdered sugar and cinnamon. Otherwise, I’ll go with a Boston cream doughnut, which is, in my mind, the closest thing
to a cream puff you’ll ever get this side of doughnut. Enjoy it out there and remember why it started. It’s still a huge fund-
raiser today for Salvation Army. Little known facts:
– National Doughnut Day started in 1938[1] as a fund raiser for Chicago’s The Salvation Army. Their goal was to help those
in need during the Great Depression, and to honor The Salvation Army “Lassies” of World War I, who served doughnuts to
soldiers.
Soon after the US entrance into World War I in 1917, The Salvation Army sent a fact-finding mission to France. The
mission concluded that the needs of US enlisted men could be met by canteens/social centers 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 centers.
About 250 Salvation Army volunteers went to France. Because of the difficulties of providing freshly baked goods from
huts established in abandoned buildings near to the front lines, the two Salvation Army volunteers (Ensign Margaret
Sheldon and Adjutant Helen Purviance) came up with the idea of providing doughnuts. These are reported to have been
an “instant hit”, and “soon many soldiers were visiting The Salvation Army huts”. Margaret Sheldon wrote of one busy
day: “Today I made 22 pies, 300 doughnuts, 700 cups of coffee.”
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