To honor Donut Day and its founder, The Salvation Army, we are offering dozens-of-donuts-to-your-door delivery for the winner of this Frieda B. Freebie…
June 1st, 2012 marks the 75th anniversary of National Donut Day, commemorating the female Salvation Army “donut lassies” who volunteered on the front lines in WWI to provide writing supplies, stamps, clothes-mending, home-cooked meals and, yes, donuts, for American soldiers (which, by the way, they fried in soldiers’ helmets!).
Entenmann’s is sponsoring the 75th Donut Day anniversary celebration by donating $1 to The Salvation Army for every person who “likes” their facebook page; go to www.salvationarmyusa.org/donut to learn more.
To qualify to win our Frieda B. Freebie dozens-of-donuts-to-your-door delivery, answer this question by midnight, May 31st: If it were to rain donuts tomorrow, what kind would you hope for and what would you use to catch them?
We’ll choose a winner via random drawing on National Donut Day, June 1st, and announce it right here. And, if we get more than 25 responses, we’ll pick TWO winners. Sweet!
To fight. To hope. To believe. What Rocky did for the big screen, these kids are doing for everyone who has the privilege of witnessing their story. God bless each of you who carry the same story, as well as those special souls who care for and encourage, every day.
Frieda B. humbly salutes you.
“. . .from their earliest years children…cope with frustrations as best they can. And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.”
Thank you, Mr. Sendak, for blessing the world with your creativity and compassion. The Wild Things in all of us will miss you.
Tuesday night we held a Frieda B. Family Night in Enfield, CT, sponsored by the Enfield KITE association. Great fun. See the girl to the far left in this photo? As soon as the stage presentation was over, she came up to me and said, “Miss, where are the treats, ’cause I’m starving?” Her mom was mortified, but I thought it was delightful. Right down to the princess dress.
“When I go outside and gaze at the stars, light breeze, fresh air I feel I can be me… I just gaze at one of the stars and think ‘that’s me’ and point to one, because those stars, thier free to be them.”
- written by Garreth Bowers, 11
This week I was graciously hosted by the PTA at two elementary schools in Brewster, NY, where I was part of their “author visit days”.
I worked directly with 2nd-graders both days. In one of the sessions, I asked the students, “When I say ‘Frieda B.’, what does that sound like to you?” A boy thrust his hand into the air and did that familiar “Ooo! Ooo!” thing. When I called on him, he said proudly, “‘Frieda B. Herself’ is just like saying ‘Friends, Be Yourselves.’”
I’d never thought of it that way before. From the mouths of babes, huh?
From a Frieda B. team member: I lived in Orlando, Florida years ago. When Shaquille O’Neal graduated college and became the top 1992 draft pick, he was signed by the Orlando Magic and arrived in Orlando to an absolute CIRCUS of a hero’s welcome. It was, frankly, a little over the top and annoying for us non-sports fans. Of course, he became, and remains, a huge star.
A few months after his grandiose arrival, the neighbor’s little boy and a few of his friends were shooting hoops outside. A shiny black Cadillac Escalade pulled over, and out came Shaquille O’Neal! They were completely shocked. He shot some baskets with them, and for the rest of their lives they have never forgotten the day they played basketball with Shaq.
He knew that something that would take him just a few minutes would mean the world to them. THAT is using the gift of celebrity (and basketball)!
We hear so much about celebrity bad behavior. Do you know any true stories of celebrities who have used their fame in a way that served others?
To honor Donut Day and its founder, The Salvation Army, we are offering dozens-of-donuts-to-your-door delivery for the winner of this Frieda B. Freebie…
