Flipping flapjacks so vets can take flight

Students' pancake fundraiser will send WWII veterans to D.C. memorial

Some World War II veteran, when he soon boards a plane bound for Washington, D.C., can honestly say that pancakes paid his way.

A lot of pancakes. About 1,500 pancakes. And 110 pounds of bacon, 50 pounds of sausage and 90 dozen eggs.

That's how much food 115 eighth-graders at Upper Arlington's Hastings Middle School cooked and served this week to about 375 people to raise money to send veterans to see the National World War II Memorial.

Read on... The Columbus Dispatch : Flipping flapjacks so vets can take flight.