For 68 years, the Noon Lions Club has served all-you-can-eat flapjacks as part of the annual Pancake Festival.
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today and again from 5 to 7, those looking for never-ending pancakes, sausage, eggs and coffee can stop by the First United Methodist Church for the event. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for kids under 12.
Chris Pio, with the Galesburg Noon Lions Club, tells Galesburg’s Morning News on WGIL that the funds go to buying eyeglasses, funding eye-exams and paying for equipment to benefit groups that work with the sight and hearing impaired.
“It all goes just right back into the community,” he says. “So I think people have that in mind. When they come to us, they know that its going to a good cause.”
Pio says collection boxes will be at the church for anyone to donate used eyeglasses, sunglasses and hearing aids, regardless of their condition. He says about 1,900 pairs of glasses and hearing aids were collected last year.
“It’s something that people look forward to,” he says. “I just think people rally around it because its for a good cause. I think they enjoy coming out and seeing old friends, making new friends, being greeted with a smile and served a hot meal.”
During last year’s Pancake Festival, almost 900 people showed up for the four hour event.
