The Meridian IHOP restaurant will offer a free short stack of their world-famous buttermilk pancakes in the hopes that guests will make a donation to the Batson Children’s Hospital. The pancakes will be available Tuesday, March 7 from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.,  at the IHOP on Frontage Road. 

For the past 11 years, IHOP® Restaurants has presented National Pancake Day, which has raised $24 million for local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, Shriners Hospitals for Children, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and other local charities.

“IHOP and Lala Enterprises are delighted to have this opportunity to support such a worthy cause. The Batson Children’s Hospital is Mississippi’s only medical facility devoted specifically to the treatment of injured and sick children. We look forward to National Pancake Day every year and hope our Meridian patrons will come a take part,” said IHOP Manager Craig Doyle.

“If you cannot make National Pancake Day, March 7, you can still take part. We already have the donation box set-up. Checks can be made out directly to Batson Children’s Hospital and dropped in our box at the Meridian IHOP. We will make sure they are delivered with all our donations,” said Paul Singh, Director of Operations with Lala Enterprises. “We look forward to hosting this event and giving back to such a worthy cause that touches all 82 counties in Mississippi and treats around 80,000 children a year.”