IHOP will once again invite guests to enjoy free pancakes during National Pancake Day on Feb. 5 while raising money for Crisis Pregnancy Centers and other local charities. On this day, the restaurant chain hopes to raise $3 million.
During National Pancake Day, the company’s largest philanthropic event of the year, more than 1,500 IHOP restaurants across the country will invite guests to enjoy a complimentary stack of IHOP’s buttermilk pancakes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Guests will be encouraged to make a voluntary contribution to the local Crisis Pregnancy Centers or other local charities.
This will mark the eighth year that IHOP has staged National Pancake Day, which to date has raised more than $10 million for charities. In 2012 alone, IHOP raised more than $3 million for Crisis Pregnancy Centers and others.
For more information visit www.ihoppancakeday.
com.
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IHOP to offer guests free pancakes on Feb. 5
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