Free eats at IHOP

You’ll flip for this freebie. Get free pancakes on Tuesday at IHOP for National Pancake Day.

Stop in at participating restaurants from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (until 10 p.m. in some locations) to get a free short stack. No purchase or coupon

is necessary.

Restaurants are giving away free fluffy flapjacks to encourage donations to benefit the nonprofit Children’s Miracle Network, which helps critically ill children get treatment, according to a news release.

Donations support the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami along with more than 15 outpatient and urgent-care centers around South Florida. Another option is to direct online donations to benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children or the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

While you’re stuffing yourself with free pancakes at the restaurant, consider making an additional $5 donation and IHOP will give you a free $5-off coupon good on your next meal.

This year’s fundraising goal is $3.5 million. The promotion, in its 12th year, has raised $24 million for hospitals, according to IHOP.

During the event, IHOP says it will serve more than 4 million pancakes, or a stack almost 12 miles high. That’s a tall order.

Go to SunSentinel.com/ IHOP for the deal.