Get A Free Stack On National Pancake Day

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Do you love pancakes, slathered in butter and drenched with syrup?

If you can afford the calories, you can definitely afford the price because Tuesday, March 8th is National Pancake Day and a major national pancake chain wants to feed you flapjacks for free for a great cause.

On what they've dubbed National Pancake Day, International House of Pancake (IHOP) restaurants across South Florida and nationwide are offering customers a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. as part of a fundraising effort for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

In exchange for the free pancakes, IHOP asks customers to donate what they would have paid for the pancakes, or more, to the Children's Miracle Network.  In South Florida, the money raised goes to Nicklaus Children's Hospital.

In 2015, IHOP Restaurants served over 6 million free pancakes on National Pancake Day and pancake lovers donated $3.5 million to children's charities. All of the free pancakes served on National Pancake Day 2015 would have created a stack nearly 19 miles high.

While Denny's doesn't formally recognize National Pancake Day, it's not going to give up its breakfast business to IHOP for the day. The chain is offering 20% off a party's entire check with this downloadable coupon.

Also, Waffle House isn't letting the day go by unnoticed. Guests who visit on Tuesday can use this coupon for a free order of hash browns. (You'll have to pay extra to get 'em scattered, smothered, and covered, though.)