Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and IHOP Team Up to Help Local Infants

Staff Report From Albany CEO

Friday, February 21st, 2020

IHOP® Restaurants have set the date for its 15th annual IHOP National Pancake Day® event, the centerpiece of the all-day breakfast leader’s 60 Days of Giving campaign. As the brand’s signature philanthropic event, IHOP National Pancake Day and all related activities directly benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and other charities dedicated to finding cures and eradicating life-threatening diseases that affect children and families.
 
On Tuesday, February 25, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. guests can receive a free short stack* of the brand’s world-famous, freshly made buttermilk pancakes at IHOP Restaurants nationwide. In return, guests are asked to help make a difference by leaving a donation of any size with all funds going to the charity partners’ local hospital affiliate. At the IHOP in Albany, all donations will benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals at Phoebe. Customers can also purchase an icon balloon for a donation leading up to February 25.

This year, every dollar raised locally will help fund a brand new, state-of-the-art NICU ambulance to best serve critically ill infants in our region. Phoebe is one of Georgia’s six state-designated perinatal centers and the only hospital in the region devoted to sick newborns.
 
“Phoebe’s NICU serves 22 counties in southwest Georgia and the new ambulance will ensure we are providing the best care for our NICU babies. Our goal is to raise $4,000 on National Pancake Day to help this ambulance become a reality,” said Becca Miller, CMN and Development Coordinator, Phoebe Foundation.