Feb 21 2009
Free Pancakes at IHOP February 24
IHOP restaurants are offering free pancakes to customers on National Pancake Day , which is Tuesday, February 24. Get one free short stack of three pancakes from 7:00am - 10:00pm local time on this date.
In exchange for the free short stack, IHOP asks guests to donate the cost of the breakfast to Children’s Miracle Network or another local charity. IHOP’s goal is to raise $1,000,000 for Children’s Miracle Network this year. So far, they have received $35,000 in donations prior to the event. In 2008, $875,000 was raised for CMN, and 1.5 million pancakes were served. The first IHOP National Pancake Day was in 2006.
Over 1400 IHOP restaurants are participating in National Pancake Day. There is a limit of one free short stack per guest. Offer is valid only at participating IHOP restaurants while supplies last.
National Pancake Day is celebrated on Fat Tuesday, also known as Shrove Tuesday and Mardi Gras. It occurs the day before the Catholic season of Lent begins. Lent is a season of fasting. Pancakes are traditionally served on Fat Tuesday as a way to use up dairy products such as milk, butter and eggs that couldn’t be used during the Lenten season.
