Immediately following her crowning as Miss America 2010 on Saturday, Caressa Cameron announced that she will serve as spokesperson for IHOP’s fifth National Pancake Day celebration benefitting Children’s Miracle Network. Hoping to raise more than $1.75 million for children’s hospital programs, IHOP will give away millions of its signature buttermilk pancakes on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Things to do while you're out and about.

Goddard School will celebrate their first birthday Jan. 30 with games, prizes and refreshments from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. The school is located at 7042 Fulton Dr. in Jackson Township. For information go online at www.goddardschool.com.
 

Author and journalist David Giffels, will present the Eckler Lecture at Mount Union College on Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Presser Recital Hall. 

Giffels, a longtime Akron Beacon Journal columnist, is a creative writing professor at the University of Akron. He is the author of All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-down House. This memoir about his coming of age as a father in a ramshackle mansion, is a 2009 winner of the Ohioana Book Award. He is also the co-author of "Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!" and "Wheels of Fortune: The Story of Rubber in Akron."

Jackson High School has rescheduled the Financial Aid Information Meeting for the parents of high school seniors for Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.  A representative from the office of student financial aid at Kent State University will be there to present information and answer questions regarding the entire financial aid process.  This meeting is beneficial for parents of high school seniors who are attending any college in the fall of 2010.

Pamper Yourself is the theme of the next Hartville Area Christian Women’s Connection, Jan. 19, 9:30 - 11 a.m., Raintree Country Club, 4350 Mayfair Rd. Cost is $12, includes brunch. Linda Hull will share “Reality in an unreal world.” For reservations and complimentary nursery, call 330-699-3755.
 

Bill Dies Memorial Wrestling Tournament will be available on NEON channel 23 and Local On Demand.

Benefit for Comic Mike Veneman with Lou Gehrig's Disease, ALS, 8.30pm Monday, Jan 18 at Funny Stop Comedy Club:"A Toast and Thanks to Mike Veneman." Here's a chance to help a talented writer who has written for Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy.

The Cubscout Pack 3330 is putting on a Pancake Breakfast to benefit the Charter Church, the Green Valley United Methodist Church.  Theyare encouraging church members to attend this pancake event.  This church has been very generous with allowing the cubscout Pack to use the facility.  The cubscouts will be there to help serve up the meal.

American Cancer Society Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group in Green will meet 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Greensburg United Methodist Church, 2161 Greensburg Road. The first meeting of 2010 will be devoted to attendees’ questions and experiences and recent developments in treatment and detection of prostate cancer.  All are welcome. For more details call 330-603-0650.       

“Praying for Abbey,” Versatile Dance Company’s premier performance, will bring together 15 dancers to tell the story of Abbey Colbert, a young girl diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia at the age of 3. All proceeds from ticket sales will go toward the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as well as Colbert’s family to help give her story a happy ending.

Meet Congressman John Boccieri for breakfast, a program hosted by the Stark County Chambers of Commerce Association, Monday, Jan. 11 at the Holiday Inn at Belden Village, 4250 Everhard Rd. NW. Registration begins at 7 a.m. and breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m. Cost is $20 per person. Contact your local chamber for reservations now.