Grand Lake Rotary sells record amount of pancake breakfast tickets this year
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Grand Lake Rotary’s Fourth of July pancake breakfast is a holiday tradition for many. This was the club’s 49th pancake breakfast and was an overwhelming success.
According to Grand Lake Rotarian Dana Gordon, this year’s event sold a record number of 1,270 tickets. A total of 3,000 pancakes were served and around $10,000 was raised.
Proceeds from the breakfast go towards the group’s local community initiatives including scholarships, food bank donations, senior transportation, search and rescue and libraries.
All the excess food, including eggs, sausage, butter and milk, were donated to the Grand Lake Fire Department.
“Making this work every July 4th takes a year of planning and about 40 workers. The day starts at 5:00 a.m. when the grills are fired up and ends at 2 p.m. when everything is cleaned up and put away,” said Grand Lake Rotary President Greg Finch.
The volunteers who work to make the breakfast happen include club members, local residents and a handful of visitors.
“We are proud of what we do in this great community,” Finch said.
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