It's National Pancake Day; Did You Get Your Free Flapjacks Yet?

Pancakes drizzled with syrup. They’re a great way to warm up on a cold winter day, especially one that promises to bring more snow, sleet and gunk later in the day.

Today, National Pancake Day, you can warm up with a free stack of pancakes at IHOP restaurants around the country, and in the process, you can do something even more heartwarming: Make a contribution to the Children’s Miracle Network.

Freehold residents have two IHOPs to choose from -- at 4731 Route 9 in Howell, or 12 Route 9 North in the Morganville section of Marlboro -- to take advantage of the offer, which is for a short stack of buttermilk pancakes. It’s one stack per customer. Both locations are open until 10 p.m.

Since 2006, IHOP restaurants have raised almost $16 million to support charities in the communities in which they operate, the company says on its website. The goal this year is to raise $3.5 million.