OLD TOWN DONUTS TEAMS WITH THE SALVATION ARMY ON JUNE 6 WITH FREE DONUTS FOR THE MILITARY ON NATIONAL DONUT DAY

FLORISSANT, MO, May 28, 2014  --  Old Town Donuts is teaming with The Salvation Army, which celebrates its 77th annual National Donut Day on June 6, and Schnucks to provide more than 2,000 donuts to military veterans at 13 locations around the St. Louis area on June 6, 2014, the 70th anniversary of the Allied Forces’ D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944.

Old Town Donuts will also offer two (2) free donuts to any active U.S. military personnel with identification on National Donut Day at its two locations, 508 New Florissant Road in Old Town Florissant and 3941 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville.

“Coincidentally, this year’s National Donut Day falls on the 70th anniversary of D-Day,” said Keith Took, owner of Old Town Donuts.  “We are forever grateful to the sacrifices made by our Armed Forces in World War II and at all times in the defense of our country and the freedom we hold sacred.  We are honored to team with The Salvation Army and Schnucks in delivering donuts to our military men and women at numerous locations throughout the St. Louis area.”

Started as a fund-raiser by The Salvation Army in Chicago during the Great Depression, National Donut Day honors our military veterans and commemorates the work of Salvation Army volunteers who used the tasty confection to comfort American soldiers in France and Germany during World War I.

Female volunteers called “Doughnut Lassies” and “Doughnut Girls” fried the donuts in soldiers’ helmets and served countless treats to troops as well as providing writing supplies, stamps, clothes-mending and home-cooked meals.  The donut has since become a long-standing symbol of the services and comforts which The Salvation Army provides.

This year, The Salvation Army returns to its roots with the help of Old Town Donuts and Schnucks by delivering more than 2,000 donuts to area veterans to let veterans know how much their service to their country is appreciated.

Drop-offs will be made at The Salvation Army Veterans Residence downtown, the John Cochran Veterans’ Administration Hospital on Grand, the Jefferson Barracks VA Hospital in South St. Louis County, the Missouri USO at Lambert St. Louis International Airport, Scott Air Force Base in Belleville, the Missouri Veterans’ Home in North St. Louis County, the Hope Recovery Center and clinics in North St. Louis, North St. Louis County, St. Charles, Belleville, the Continental Building, Washington Avenue and Manchester Avenue.

The Salvation Army is an international organization that has been faithfully serving St. Louis since 1958.  For more than 130 years, St. Louis residents with no place to go have turned to The Salvation Army for compassion, strength and encouragement.  The Salvation Army serves community members 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year through dozens of different programs and services that are designed to help people attain or regain self-sufficiency. For more information, visit www.stlsalvationarmy.org.

The original Old Town Donuts is located at 508 New Florissant Road in Florissant and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.  A second location, at 3941 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville near St. Charles Community College, is open daily from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Old Town Donuts has been ranked a favorite local destination by The Riverfront Times (Best Donuts in St. Louis, 2012), Sauce Magazine (Readers’ Choice Award for Best Donut Shop in St. Louis, 2012), viewers of KSDK, Channel 5 and listeners of WIL-FM, among others.  For more information, call 314-831-0907 or 636-447-0907, visit www.oldtowndonuts.com or ‘like’ Old Town Donuts on Facebook.

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