Doughnut Girls Receive Dunkin’ Donation

We had the priviledge of spending the morning in Kokomo celebrating the grand opening of another of Dennis Gramm’s Dunkin’ Donuts locations. The air was chilly, but the welcome was warm! The line was out the door and the parking lot was overflowing as old and young alike waited to sample the wares.

And in keeping with his promise, in the presence of local dignitaries and media, Gramm presented the grand opening money ribbon to The Salvation Army’s Kokomo corps. That donation will be put to good work providing resources and services for those in need right there in Kokomo.

And we had an extra bit of fun as our very own Doughnut Girls mingled with the crowd and shared their story of how the original Doughnut Girls served soldiers starting in 1917 and throughout the war by offering home-cooked doughnuts to boost morale. Many of the veterans tell stories even today of how those “lassies” took limited supplies and used their own metal helmets to fry doughnuts right there in the trenches, offering homesick and worn soldiers a bit of America so far away.

Thanks again to Dunkin’ Donuts for inviting us to share in their expansion here in Indiana and for their continued partnership.