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Foreign Invaders crisis cost $150B in 2023, forcing some areas to cut police and fire services: report Israel kills head of Hezbollah Intelligence. Status: Not Logged In; Sign In Recipes/Cooking See other Recipes/Cooking Articles Title: You can get free pancakes at IHOP today Source: USA Today URL Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money ... national-pancake-day/24302807/ Published: Mar 3, 2015 Author: Jessica Durando Post Date: 2015-03-03 08:18:01 by Willie Green Keywords: None Views: 11119 Comments: 37 Don't flip out. But this Tuesday could be better than your last. Breakfast lovers can get free pancakes today at IHOP restaurants as part of the restaurant chain's National Pancake Day festivities. And naturally #NationalPancakeDay is trending on Twitter in the U.S. IHOP started offering free pancakes in 2006 and has raised nearly $16 million for charities, according to the company. This year, the goal is to raise $3.5 million with more than 1,500 stores participating. How does it work? Customers can receive a free short stack of Buttermilk pancakes and if they are so inclined leave a donation for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals or other charities associated with IHOP. Only folks that dine-in are eligible. "Little did we dream, ten years ago, that thanks to the generosity of our guests, we would be able to raise $16 million dollars, one short stack at a time, and make a substantial difference in the lives of the children in our local communities," said Julia Stewart, interim president of International House of Pancakes, LLC. Post Comment   Private Reply   Ignore Thread   Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 27. #2. To: Willie Green (#0) BTW, this might well be a complete scam by IHOP. They may raise and eventually deliver the money to the charity as claimed but they might take a year or more to actually deliver the money. In the meantime, they have the money you gave them for charity to use as an interest-free loan. Tooconservative  posted on  2015-03-03   8:53:28 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #3. To: TooConservative (#2) ...this might well be a complete scam by IHOP... Yes, it may be a good PR stunt - but boy are you negative! It's a worthy cause, right? So worthy that I WAS going to go to IHOP, have a cup of coffee (which I would PAY for), make a donation, and skip the pancakes. (They'd raise my blood sugar too much - diabetic - I can't eat them - regardless of how much I LIKE them.) But no, I will follow your Scrooge-lead and forget about it. Okay? Sheesh... Chuck_Wagon  posted on  2015-03-03   13:31:58 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #4. To: Chuck_Wagon (#3) But no, I will follow your Scrooge-lead and forget about it. Okay? Sheesh... So I am to blame that you can't go eat 3 tiny pancakes (and other stuff you'd buy at IHOP to go with it). And you really resent it. Fine. Most people don't grasp how charities in America have become such total scams. Many spend more than half of what they raise on ever more advertising and nagging their donors into giving more until the donors get sick of them and then they sell their names and addresses and donation history to other scamming charities. Meanwhile, the top staff of these operations live like kings with first-class air travel and luxury hotels, charity-owned condos in Vail and Aspen, and salaries in the hundreds of thousands. What, all because they're qualified enough to make a few tearjerker commercials and run an operation by hiring a number of mailing-list experts? Rebate programs work the same way. You pay more, they get to use your money for free until they get around to mailing you a rebate check. And they can dink around on doing that as well in many states, claim they lost the paperwork, etc. And the churches do get in on the act as well. There are only a few real charities left in the country. BTW, you do realize this is almost certainly why Shatner couldn't cancel so he could attend Nimoy's funeral. He wasn't there for charity, he was there for a paycheck from the Red Cross, the same Red Cross that pays millions to its executives and has its big lodges in Vail, etc. They aren't charities any more. They're just tax-exempt businesses. What they are selling is letting you feel good about yourself, however little of the advertised purpose of the charity is ever accomplished. Other than in states that have more restrictive laws, it is generally legal in America to spend less than 10% of the take from any charity for the declared charitable purpose. Tooconservative  posted on  2015-03-03   14:54:01 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #5. To: TooConservative (#4) Most people don't grasp how charities in America have become such total scams. I tend to agree with you in general. I see these SPCA commercials that I can't watch because I'm a pet lover. I see these TV adverts for charities for vets with missing arms and legs and ask myself why don't their military benefits and health care cover this through our tax dollars and systems. Here is one I'm trying to comprehend. Goodwill. Everything they get is free/donated, so their markup is infinity. I window shop there once a month or so and have purchased nice clothing for a few bucks each. Now they are promoting some sort of employment application training with computers to help unemployed folks find work. My gf thinks they are thieves for charging $2K for a mink stole they paid nothing for. I'm not sure. Your thoughts? I give to my local church and have learned to politely say no to cold telephone calls. Fred Mertz  posted on  2015-03-03   15:05:55 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #22. To: Fred Mertz, GarySpFc, *Military or Vets Affairs* (#5) I see these TV adverts for charities for vets with missing arms and legs and ask myself why don't their military benefits and health care cover this through our tax dollars and systems. Max VA disability at 100% gets a Vet in the ballpark of $36K a year. They do get full VA medical coverage as well. Also if their condition worsens, they get priority at VA nursing homes and assisted living. $36K a year won't buy you a ramp accessible or handicapped accessible home nor will it support a family if the Vet is married with kidos. What I don't know and maybe others in the Vet community can chime in on is if such a severely disabled Vet gets other government assistance from SS admin in addition to their VA disability. I'm thinking they don't. The only Vets who can live on 100% disability with a family to support (rates are adjusted a few bucks here and there based on dependents) are Vets who have a military retirement pension as well. Now most severely disabled Vets from OIF and OEF were medically retired regardless of years in service. 20 years is when a military type gets 50% of their base salary as a pension. It increases 2.5% every year after 20 years. However, the younger Vets with only 3-10 years in do not get 50%. They get an equivalent for time in service. So a SPC (E4)(in his or her young 20s) at 100% VA disability along with a military retirement medical board assessment may take home $45K a year if they are lucky. Not much in supporting a family even in Texas or Florida etc. That is where the charities kick in. Getting those devices and home assistance items the VA does not pay for. Also helping the spouse find a job, which is difficult given the Vet needs assistance and that costs money. Charities and military private organizations like AUSA provide scholarships to the children of disabled Vets if his/her 9/11 GI Bill does not cover the cost. Hope this helps. Older Vets with a mature pension of over 20 or more years do a lot better with the offset of costs. Another consideration is some of these young soldiers who will never work again based on their war wounds are uninsurable for life insurance. Most were too young to consider life insurance and the VA will only cover them so far after discharge. redleghunter  posted on  2015-03-03   16:47:16 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #27. To: redleghunter (#22) That is where the charities kick in. Getting those devices and home assistance items the VA does not pay for. And yet Wounded Warriors, the big outfit, was recently revealed as spending only 56% of its take on anything connected to veterans. Some vets complained that they went to them for help and all they got was a T-shirt or a cap. They do have the outings with the treaded rugged-terrain wheelchairs and some handicapped skiing (some competing ski service is also provided by civvy orgs and the ski industry itself). And I read something about WW opening up some ski lodge (or at least a mountain lodge) that had a multi-million dollar price tag. If it isn't open yet, it will be this year according to the article. Tooconservative  posted on  2015-03-03   17:06:14 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   Replies to Comment # 27. #30. To: TooConservative (#27) And I read something about WW opening up some ski lodge I really think building a ski lodge is misdirecting funds that could be spent on more practical assistance. redleghunter  posted on  2015-03-03 17:10:37 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   End Trace Mode for Comment # 27. Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest

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