IMMD! Sent to you by tony via Google Reader: Friday Is National Donut Day via Hybla Valley Patch: Latest Articles by Mary Ann Barton on 6/2/11 Lek Falke is behind the counter at the Krispy Kreme off of Route 1 in Alexandria, ringing up a cup of coffee and a donut (a hot-off-the presses Original Glazed, their most popular) for one of her regular customers. It's a quiet day, with just a few customers coming and going. She knows that on Friday, it might not be so quiet. What's Friday? National Donut Day. It has its roots in the trenches of World War I, when war-weary soldiers would take a break by stopping by a "hut" a makeshift coffee shop, where "lassies" doled out coffee and donuts. In 1938, the Salvation Army in Chicago wanted to recognize those women's efforts and started National Donut Day, which falls on the first Friday in June each year. Nowadays, National Donut Day efforts in some cities include fundraisers associated with th...