Pancake Breakfast To Benefit Newtown's Memorial Day Parade

NEWTOWN, PA — The Newtown Rotary Club will be serving a benefit pancake and waffle breakfast on Sunday to benefit the community’s veterans.

The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at American Legion Post 440 on Linden Avenue. The cost is $12 per person, $5 for children, and $30 for families.

According to breakfast organizer Mark Craig, those who attend will sit down to a delicious breakfast while supporting a long-time town tradition - the Newtown Memorial Day Parade.

The club has again retained the talents of local Newtown Chef Joe Garvey, who will be donating his time and talent to prepare Sunday's meal.

In addition to pancakes and waffles served hot off the griddle, the menu will include sausage, bacon, potatoes, baked goods, scrambled eggs, fresh fruit, milk, orange juice and coffee.

The Newtown Rotary Club revived the pancake breakfast tradition three years ago to support the town’s veterans and the Memorial Day Parade.

For decades, the local club organized and served the pancake breakfast before handing over the tradition to the Newtown Exchange Club, which continued the event until the club disbanded.

The Newtown Rotary Club's "Breakfast Crew." ( Jeff Werner/Patch)

“Our family would not miss a pancake breakfast. It was just so much fun,” remembers Craig, who is now keeping the tradition alive with help from club volunteers and Chef Garvey. “It was something we did after church. You get to see everyone in town and enjoy a good meal. It was always a lot of fun.”

“It’s for a good cause,” said Rotarian Paul Salvatore. “This is being done for the American Legion and, in particular, the Memorial Day Parade, which is held to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

“The least we can do as a club is to honor that sacrifice by supporting the parade, and we do that by making some pancakes," he said.