For the seventh consecutive year, IHOP restaurants nationwide will offer each guest a free short stack of its famous buttermilk pancakes on National Pancake Day in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

For every short stack of buttermilk pancakes served on National Pancake Day — Feb. 28, IHOP guests are invited to make a voluntary donation to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Donations made at the IHOP in South Lake Tahoe will benefit the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ program at UC Davis Children’s Hospital.

IHOP hopes to raise $2.7 million this year, with a goal to bring the total amount of funds raised to more than $10 million.

To find a local IHOP or to donate, go online.

The promotion that Tuesday goes from 7am-10pm.

Since the inception of National Pancake Day in 2006, IHOP has raised nearly $8 million and given away more than 14 million pancakes to support charities in the communities in which it operates.