It is National Pancake Day and IHOP is serving up a free stack of those famous breakfast cakes for a good cause.

  • Free short stack of buttermilk pancakes to customers
  • Customers can donate to help children with illnesses
  • Feb. 27 is National Pancake Day

Once known as the International House of Pancakes, IHOP is giving away a free short stack of original buttermilk pancakes on Tuesday and people can donate to help children with critical illness, the company stated in a press release.

"Every stack served helps us reach our goal of raising $5 million for local children’s hospitals and health organizations," IHOP stated.

According to IHOP, between it and its customers, more than $30 million have been raised since 2006.