Pancake Day is UnitingCare South Australia’s leading fundraising event and each year falls on Shrove Tuesday, or the day before Ash Wednesday.

For perhaps thousands of years, people in Europe have celebrated the time just before spring. Some historians suggest that a festival of eating pancakes goes as far back as pre-Christian times. In 1439, the first pancake recipe appears in history, with the first Pancake Races recorded in 1445 in England. This was the last day to eat all the flour, eggs and dairy products in your kitchen before the start of Lent which is a time of abstinence and reflection in the 40 days before Easter.

Each year in Australia, thousands show their support for people in need by flipping and eating pancakes at events state-wide in SA (VIC and TAS) throughout the months of February and March. Hundreds of groups including schools, churches, businesses and community organisations join in the fun. To register your own event, use the ‘Register’ box found to the left of the page.

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