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Think of the children – eat pancakes at Ricky's in Burnaby

As if you needed another reason to eat pancakes
Ricky's O'Canada pancakes
O’Canada pancakes are going for $1.50 from June 24 to July 1 before 11 a.m. at Ricky’s Restaurants, with proceeds going toward the Breakfast Club of Canada. Submitted photo

Eat pancakes for a good cause – as if you needed another reason to eat pancakes.

Anyone who buys an O’Canada pancake, a pancake with a red maple leaf in the middle to celebrate Canada Day, between June 24 and July 1 before 11 a.m. at the Ricky’s Restaurant in Burnaby (and elsewhere) will contribute to a program that serves healthy breakfasts to youths in need.

Full proceeds from every pancake, costing $1.50 each, will go to the Breakfast Club of Canada as part of the third annual O’Canada pancake campaign.

According to the Breakfast Club, one in five Canadian youths go without breakfast due to a lack of access to healthy food, a number that only goes up among Indigenous and new Canadian communities.

The Breakfast Club runs breakfast programs for youths, which the non-profit says is important for students, with most of their learning occurring before lunch.

Since the partnership between Ricky’s and the Breakfast Club began, the restaurant has raised $250,000 for the program.

Those who cannot make it to the pancake campaign can contribute year-round by ordering the Breakfast Club sandwich, which donates a dollar per sandwich to the Breakfast Club of Canada.

For more information go to the Ricky's website at rickysrestaurants.ca.