Local participants
Local IHOPs participating in National Pancake Day:› 5814 Brainerd Road, Chattanooga› 5113 Highway 153, Hixson› 2047 Battlefield Parkway, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.› 1510 Walnut Ave., Dalton, Ga.› 4323 Freedom Parkway, NW, Cleveland, Tenn.
Five local IHOP restaurants will be serving up free short stacks of buttermilk pancakes on Tuesday, March 7, otherwise known as National Pancake Day.
For every short stack of buttermilk pancakes served between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., customers are invited to make a voluntary donation to T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital at Erlanger, which annually serves 100,000 patients from 16 counties in the region.
"Last year, our local IHOP locations raised more than $7,200 for Children's Hospital at Erlanger," says Rebecca Brinkley, director of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals at Children's Hospital at Erlanger. "We are so appreciative of their hard work and continued support as we focus on raising funds for the first phase of our new Children's Hospital."
Nationally, IHOP's signature day of giving supports three charities that serve children battling critical illnesses, including Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Local donations go to Children's Hospital, which is in the midst of a fundraising drive to build a new $35 million outpatient center.
Participating IHOP restaurants also are selling wall icon "Miracle Balloons" for $1 and $5 to benefit Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. All proceeds will go to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
Since 2006, IHOP National Pancake Day has raised some $24 million to provide life-saving treatment, programs and medical equipment for pediatric patients.
For more information, visit www.IHOPpancakeday.com.