Calgary Stampede volunteer creates flapjack pins to honour 100 years of pancake breakfasts
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A Calgary woman is celebrating the 100th anniversary of pancake breakfasts by creating mini pancake pins and selling them for a good cause.
A Calgary woman is celebrating the 100th anniversary of pancake breakfasts by creating mini pancake pins and selling them for a good cause.
Chantelle Ethier has been volunteering with the Calgary Stampede for the past 16 years, and says during that time, she has made friendships and shared stories through the hobby of pin collecting.
This year, Ethier used quarter-teaspoons of Calgary Stampede pancake batter cooked on a griddle to make 100 petite pancakes.
The tiny flapjacks were then sealed with two coats of polyurethane to preserve them, and transformed into pins.
"I thought originally I would make 100 pancake pins to honour the 100th anniversary of the pancake breakfast," she said. "It started by sharing them with a few friends, but I kept getting so many compliments and people wanting to own one."
Ethier decided then to make 100 more pins and sell them by donation, with all proceeds going to the Calgary Stampede Foundation.
Hundreds of dollars have been raised as a result.
