60th annual Pancake Day is Saturday under the big tent at Dalton Green

Published 12:01 am Tuesday, October 29, 2019

The 60th annual Kiwanis Club of Dalton Pancake Day will soon be here and members of the civic club invite everyone to help celebrate the annual event geared toward bringing the community together for a worthy cause — helping the children of our area — on the first Saturday in November.

Everyone eating under the tent on Saturday from 6 a.m. until noon at Dalton Green can have all of the piping hot pancakes and sausage he or she can eat along with coffee, milk and orange juice.

The advance ticket cost remains at only $7 each. Two children 12 and under can eat on site for the price of one.

Cost on Pancake Day is $8 each. Proceeds from the fundraiser go to a wide range of local children’s charities.

Advance tickets are available from any local Kiwanian and from a number of local businesses including Alpha & Omega Insurance, A.J.’s Place Barber Shop, Baja Coop, Bank OZK in Dalton, Big B Cleaners, Buckin’ Burrito, Cherokee Pizza + Brewing Company, Cowan Law Firm, Coppedge, Michmerhuizen, and Rayburn, Cyra’s, Dalton Dentistry and the Conasauga Circuit District Attorney’s Office.

Also from First Bank of Dalton, First Bank, Hamilton’s, Jack’s Pawn and Guns, Maryville Jewelers, the Morehouse Group, North Georgia Toyota, Oakwood Café, O’Gwin Investment Planning, Oscar’s Shoe Repair, the Salvation Army, Tate’s Automotive and Textile Rubber & Chemical Co.

Kathy Schleier is the current president of Kiwanis. She is the daughter of founding Kiwanis Club of Dalton member Dr. Earl McGhee. She attended the first Pancake Day in 1960.

“It’s such a blessing to see our community come together to celebrate the fall, to help our children and to teach our young people the importance of community service,” Schleier said.