COLUMBIA, MD — Pancake fans are in luck on Tuesday. IHOP is celebrating its 13th annual National Pancake Day on Feb. 27.

From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., IHOP customers can chow down on a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes.

In return for the free pancakes, diners will be asked to consider leaving a donation for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, Shriners Hospitals for Children or the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.