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The International House of Pancakes, or IHOP to most folks, announced its goal to raise $1 million for local children’s hospitals and charities with its celebration of National Pancake Day on Feb. 24, 2009. From 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., IHOP restaurants nationwide will offer their guests a free short stack of IHOP’s buttermilk pancakes, and in return, ask guests to donate what they would have paid for the pancakes, or more, to local children’s hospitals and other local charities.

I bet Santa will stop by IHOP’s brain trust this season.

Start training you stomach at the following IHOP locations:

1802 S. Mildred St., Tacoma, 253.566-1777

7445 S Hosmer St., Tacoma, 253.474.5320

10005 Lakewood Dr. S.W., Lakewood, 253.588.7898