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Free pancakes. Mark your calendar: Customers can get a free short stack of pancakes at all IHOP restaurants between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Feb. 28. This is how IHOP has celebrated National Pancake Day for the past six years. In exchange for the complimentary eats, guests will be asked to leave a donation for the Children’s Miracle Network and other local charities. To find a restaurant near you, visit .
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Paper perfect. It’s hard enough to keep a family’s schoolwork, practices, games and social commitments straight. Add the chore of organizing and filing myriad family documents — and what many people end up with is a to-don’t list instead of a to-do one. Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has a solution. “Your Family Records Organizer,” available as a CD, booklet or both, includes forms to help organize assets, emergency-preparedness information, employment, medical and pet records, and more. It can serve as a tool for teaching youngsters about finance, and it is absolutely essential during a crisis. Prices ranges from $24.95 to $32.70 (plus shipping). Order online at or call 888-547-5464.
Energy
Eco-friendly coffee-klatch. Repurpose is a brand of compostable coffee cups launched three years ago by “a group of young entrepreneurs looking for quality solutions to the problem of single-use petroleum-based plastic products.” According to makers, these cups, which are manufactured from plant products, are insulated and require no sleeve. They also require 65 percent less carbon dioxide to produce than a traditional coffee cup and can be composted in 90 days. The cups are $4.99 per dozen at Bed Bath & Beyond. Read more about them at .
Elana Ashanti Jefferson, The Denver Post
