In celebration of National Pancake Day on Tuesday, Feb. 5, IHOP is offering customers a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes.

In return for the free order this year, guests will be asked to consider leaving a donation for to Hasbro Children's Hospital.   

Since beginning its National Pancake Day celebration in 2006, IHOP has raised more than $10 million to support charities in the communities in which it operates.

This offer is good from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. at most IHOP restaurants, including the location at 159 West Main Rd. in Middletown.  Not hungry? The box for donations is outside the restaurant.