Pancake event Thursday to benefit charity

Callaway Countians can get all the pancakes they can eat Thursday and also help the families of sick children.

The McDonald's restaurants in Fulton, Holts Summit and Kingdom City will join other McDonalds restaurants in Central Missouri for an "All You Can Eat Hotcakes Night" from 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

Customers can purchase a $5 ticket that is valid for unlimited pancakes for one person.

Tickets can be purchased at McDonald's prior to and during the event Thursday evening at the three McDonald's Restaurants in Callaway County.

The event will benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mid-Missouri. Proceeds from the sales will be used to help build a new Ronald McDonald House in Columbia near the University of Missouri Women's and Children's Hospital.

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.