IHOP National Pancake Day to benefit GHS Children’s Hospital

GREENVILLE, SC – The Children’s Hospital of Greenville Health System (GHS) will benefit from the community’s generous hearts, and stomachs, as the local recipient of funds raised through IHOP’s 11th annual National Pancake Day.

On Tuesday, March 8, guests dining in at area IHOPs from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. will receive a free short stack of pancakes, and have the opportunity to make a voluntary donation to the Children’s Hospital of GHS, a member of the Children’s Miracle Network.

The support received from this event helps provide programs and services at Children’s Hospital of GHS that are not typically covered under a patient’s insurance. These programs include the Child Life Program, which focuses on reducing the stress of healthcare experiences by utilizing different therapies and coping strategies for children and families. Additional programs supported include pain management treatments such as deep sedation during painful procedures like lumbar punctures and certain biopsies. The children who undergo sedation are monitored by a pediatric critical care physician, have no pain during the process or memory of the process occurring, and are fully recovered from the sedation within 15 minutes.

“Our Child Life therapies and other programs that benefit from National Pancake Day often make the difference in a child’s experience at the hospital,” said Dianne Dillon, Children’s Miracle Network Coordinator at GHS. “We are grateful to the community for their support of this event. Their generosity allows us to continue to provide exceptional care to children and families at every level.”

The community can participate in National Pancake Day to support Children’s Hospital at GHS at the following IHOP locations:

 915 Wade Hampton Boulevard, Greenville
 1 Park Woodruff Drive, Greenville
 645 Fairview Road, Simpsonville
 1494 West Wade Hampton Boulevard, Greer
 6525 Calhoun Memorial Highway #6525A, Easley
 3191 N. Main Street, Anderson
 1390 Tiger Boulevard Suite 400, Clemson
 8135 Warren H. Abernathy Highway, Spartanburg
 482 Bypass 72 NW, Greenwood
 229 Airport Road Suite 1, Arden, N.C.
 245 Tunnel Road, Asheville, N.C.
 275-B Smokey Park Highway, Asheville, N.C.
 61 Weaver Boulevard, Weaverville, N.C.

Since the inception of National Pancake Day in 2006, IHOP has raised $20 million to support charities in the local communities in which they operate. Upstate restaurants have supported the campaign since 2009.

“We are proud to support our community over the years in this way,” said Ronnie Hawthorne, owner of the Woodruff Park location. “IHOP is a family restaurant at its core, so healthy children and families are incredibly important to us.”

About Greenville Health System
Greenville Health System (GHS) — an academic health system that is the largest not-for-profit healthcare delivery system in South Carolina — is committed to medical excellence through research, patient care and education. GHS offers patients an innovative network of clinical integration, expertise and technologies through its eight medical campuses, tertiary medical center, research and education facilities, community hospitals, physician practices and numerous specialty services throughout the Upstate. The 1,358-bed system is home to 15 medical residency and fellowship programs. GHS is also home to the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, a joint effort of USC and GHS. Visit ghs.org for more information.