World Donut Day 2024. 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 doughnut event created by the salvation army in chicago in 1938 to honor those of their members who. On world donut day (7 june), we aren’t just giving away donuts, we’re giving much needed ‘dough’ to gotcha4life to help the important work they are doing around australia to create a mentally fit world, free of suicide.
This food holiday celebrates the delicious doughnut and honors the salvation army lassies. Just as food brings people together on a daily basis, food holidays create a shared sense of culinary celebration that is spread all across social media.