IHOP Restaurants Celebrate a Decade of Free Pancakes on National Pancake Day

IHOP^® restaurants are celebrating the tenth anniversary of National Pancake Day on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. They offering one free short stack of their famous buttermilk pancakes to guests to enjoy in their restaurants in the hopes that they will pay it forward by making a voluntary donation to their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, Shriners Hospital for Children, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society or other local charities.

Participating IHOP Restaurants plan to give away millions of free pancakes, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3 to celebrate a “Decade of Giving”.

More than 1,500 IHOP restaurants across the United States will participate in this beloved annual event which, to date, has raised $16 million for charity. All of the donations raised stay within the communities, helping provide lifesaving treatment and equipment for local sick and injured children.

In the weeks leading up to National Pancake Day, participating IHOP restaurants will also sell “Miracle Balloons” to benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. The balloons will be available from Feb. 1 through National Pancake Day. Similar items are for sale in those restaurants supporting the Shriners Hospitals for Children and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.