Participating CSRA IHOPS will serve a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes on National Pancake Day, February 12, 2008, to all its customers who will consider making a donation to the MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center, the local Children’s Miracle Network hospital.

IHOP is a national Children’s Miracle Network sponsor.  Stop in for your free short stack between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. at the IHOP at 4361 Washington Road in Evans, at 2525 Washington Road in Augusta, or in Aiken at 180 Aiken Mall Drive.

National Pancake Day is a centuries-old tradition on the day before Lent, also known as Shrove Tuesday and Mardi Gras.  For centuries, the English have celebrated pancakes on this day with rich lore and colorful events, including pancake races. This year, Shrove Tuesday, which is February 5, is Election Day, so Governor Sonny Perdue has issued a proclamation celebrating National Pancake Day in Georgia a week later on February 12.

MCG Health, Inc. (d/b/a MCGHealth) is a not-for-profit corporation operating the MCGHealth Medical Center, MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center, the Georgia Radiation Therapy Center, and related outpatient facilities and services throughout the state.  For more information, please visit mcghealth.org.