Free IHOP pancakes next Tuesday

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - To celebrate National Pancake Day, IHOP restaurants across the country will offer each guest a f ree short stack of pancakes next Tuesday.

This is the seventh consecutive year for the promotion, which takes place February 28 from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Guests are invited to make a donation to benefit Crisis Pregnancy Centers. IHOP hopes to raise $2.7 million this year, with a goal to bring the total amount of money raised to more than $10 million.

National Pancake Day Fun Facts:

·      IHOP served four million free pancakes on National Pancake Day 2011 and pancake lovers donated more than $2.5 million to children’s charities, exceeding the fundraising goal of $2.3 million.

·      All of the free pancakes served on National Pancake Day 2011 would create a stack nearly 16 miles high.

·      Since the inception of National Pancake Day in 2006, IHOP has raised nearly $8 million and given away more than 14 million pancakes to support charities in the communities in which it operates. 

·      National Pancake Day 2011 was IHOP’s largest one-day event in the company’s 53-year history.