After a big comeback last year, the Skaneateles Rotary Club’s Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast is returning to the Austin Park/Allyn Arena (the old rink) on Sunday, June 18, from 7:30 to noon.
The 53rd annual breakfast promises, as always, to feel like a celebration and a huge family reunion – while delivering the best pancakes, scrambled eggs and sausages in town.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids 6-12.
Children 5 and under are free.
Guests can get advance tickets from any Rotarian, or outside of Tops on weekend days.
“With all of the conversations that have been taking place related to the Allyn Arena we just want to make sure that everyone knows that the Skaneateles Rotary Club’s long tradition of bringing multiple generations of Skaneateles families together to celebrate Father’s Day continues,” said Rotary Club President Ed Evans.
There is much excitement for hosting the event for the second year since COVID shut it down, said Rotarian Bill Buterbaugh, who is on the steering committee for the breakfast.
“We had overwhelming support from our members to bring it back last year, and then we experienced huge support from the community,” he said.
The popular event has drawn families, seniors, couples, and kids for more than half a century: giving people a chance to catch up, celebrate dad, and hear the community band.
It all started with a fly-in pancake breakfast at the Skaneateles air hanger in 1968 and never missed a year until the pandemic.
“It is terrific we are able to provide such a community-wide gathering, while also raising funds for the worthy causes that Rotary supports throughout the year,” Rotarian Robin Jowaisas said.
Committee Chairperson Mary Giroux said the much-loved event is a service to the community, embraced by people of all ages.
Many families have attended through generations, just as many Rotarian families and volunteer community members have flipped pancakes and served eggs and sausage through generations.
As the club’s biggest fundraiser, the breakfast supports the International Youth Exchange Program, school scholarships, youth leadership programs, Books for the World, the Boy Scouts, Boys State, Austin Park playground, the Community Band, the Skaneateles Volunteer Fire Department, SAVES, Local Food Pantries and Skaneateles Outreach, to name a few, said Giroux.
