“I don’t know if I changed anyone’s mind about the vaccine, but I know I certainly convinced people to go to Krispy Kreme,” he said. “To have a mission every day where I definitely have to get the donut – I mean, it’s silly, but I feel like I’m doing something positive in this world that could probably use a little positivity.”
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Mr. Caramagna, a bearded father of three with glasses and a self-deprecating sense of humor, originally wanted to reach 125 free donuts by December 31st. But with four months left in the calendar, he already has more than 90 and now he wants to see how many he can stow away.
His Instagram page, on which fans of his Marvel and Disney comics often tag him, is a collage of crazy donut frills. There are the donut tree decorations, donut shirts, a donut cup, another donut cup and of course dozens of Krispy Kreme donuts.
After seeing donut # 5 (or # 6) lying cold on the kitchen counter at home, his wife, Amy Caramagna, turned to him and said, “Oh, let’s do that now?” The workers at Krispy Kreme now recognize him he said, and he feels “like a VIP” when they hand him his donut in line with no questions asked. And his doctor recently told him he was in good health and gave him diet clearance in case the Krispy Kreme app notifies him that the donuts are “hot and fresh.”
An original glazed donut at Krispy Kreme has 190 calories. According to Mr Caramagna’s Apple Watch, he burns 96 calories each way on his walk to get the donut.
“So I actually have a deficit,” he said. “But I don’t encourage other people to do this.”
Since March 22, Krispy Kreme has given away more than two million glazed donuts, said Casandra Williams, a company spokeswoman. Ms. Williams said that Krispy Kreme was “all about sharing the joy and we love it when our guests build on our efforts to give back in their own way.”
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Mindy Bloom, the chief development officer of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Piedmont Triad, said in a statement that “like the Marvel superheroes he writes about,” Mr. Caramagna is a “hero, and we are loved by his creativity and.” Care inspires “. for our families. “