Students react to cancellation of Donut Day
Donuts, like these from a previous Donut Day, will not be sold at CHS this year.
October 6, 2015
The day was delicious. The smell of fresh donuts filled the hallways and students bought as many donuts as they could in one day without getting sick. Donut Day has been a very popular event among students at CHS.
This year, however, the tradition of Donut Day has come to an end. Donut Day was replaced with a whoopie pie sale last week and hopefully more fundraisers throughout the year.
Students have had strong reactions to the cancellation of Donut Day.
Junior Grace Winton said, “I will miss much more than the tastiness of the beautiful donuts. I will miss seeing our school line up in excitement for the purchase of as many donuts as possible.”
Winton makes a valid point in commenting about students lining up for donuts. Students were often late to class because they were in line for donuts.
Sophomore Devon Sweeder said, “I am greatly saddened by the loss of Donut Day […] I only got to participate once but it was amazingly delicious.”
This year’s freshmen class has never experienced Donut Day and Sweeder communicates the impact of Donut Day on students. She had only participated in the event once before but it will forever be a part of her memory of CHS.
But some are looking to the future.
Junior Chrissy Hoss said, “Another chapter of CHS traditions has ended but I can’t wait to see what the future holds.”
Hoss is hopeful about future fundraisers from the Culinary Program. Those involved in the program hope to have fundraisers throughout the year to supplement their proceeds from Donut Day and help provide the student body a quick fix for their sweet tooth.
Emma Bateman • Oct 26, 2015 at 11:23 am
I’m very upset to see donut day go but I understand why it had to go. I wish that they could have continues donut day but charged more because I think many of the students would be willing to pay more to save donut day. I hope that the other opportunities for fundraisers become just as much of a tradition and excite the school just as much.
Jasmine Sheaffer • Oct 26, 2015 at 8:18 am
I personally have always thought donut day was sort of a hassle. The line to wait for them was always the biggest issue because like it was mentioned in the article, students would often arrive to class late. Students would also crowd in the hallways and cause a lot of traffic for others of us trying to get to class. Also, not that I don’t like donuts, but I think it’s great that Donut Day was cancelled because there are so many other healthier choices the culinary program could offer.
Charles Willis • Oct 25, 2015 at 10:20 pm
I was looking forward to donut day as a new student due to it being one of the most unique traditions and anticipated days in CHS. It’s always sad to see when a school no longer follows a beloved tradition due to lack in profability.
Blaine Brennan • Oct 25, 2015 at 10:01 pm
Instead of Donut Day, the Culinary Arts program could explore foods from around the world and pick a different country each week to celebrate its unique cuisine. Every Friday could be a fundraiser with a dessert that is popular in a specific country; for example, for Greece they could sell baklava or for France they could prepare macarons. Not only could students support the culinary arts program but they could learn about different countries’ foods. Culinary students could also learn how to prepare unique desserts.
Madelynn Kraft • Oct 23, 2015 at 11:28 am
Its sad to see Donut day good because I love traditions that make schools unique. But I completely understand Culinary’s reasoning behind it, for a fundraiser’s main objective is to make money. And if this year Culinary brought up the cost, people would just complain about it and the fundraiser probably would not be as effective. Also, they should have advertised more about the whoopie pies because I never even knew they were selling them, and I would have completely bought some.
Selena Marks • Oct 23, 2015 at 7:59 am
I think donut day shouldn’t have been taken away. This was a tradition and I got to be apart of it since my freshman year. I looked forward to coming in and getting fresh made donuts. I liked those donuts better than some of the ones at the store. I think it was a day to enjoy coming to school because there was something to look forward to.