Chatham Township's annual Sugarbush pancake breakfast to return Saturdays, Sundays through March

CHATHAM TWP. — Plates stacked with pancakes and sausage will soon make their way out to hungry customers on Saturdays and Sundays throughout March for Chatham Township's annual Sugarbush pancake breakfast. The all-you-can-eat breakfast fundraiser is hosted by the Chatham Volunteer Firemen's Association at the Chatham Memorial Hall, 6299 Avon Lake Road. Event co-chair Steve Arters said the pancake breakfast has been around for more than 60 years and is a tradition for many of its customers. The breakfast was started by the Chatham Veterans of Foreign Wars, raising funds for several local organizations with the help of volunteers. As the years went on, members of the Chatham Township Firemen's Association volunteered their time to the event. When the VFW branch closed, the association took over the breakfast and continued the tradition of supporting multiple local organizations through donations, including the Cloverleaf Little League Association and the Chatham Township Fire Department. In addition to the Chatham Township Firemen's Association, Arters said there are volunteers from all over, whether they are from a local church, a Boy Scout troop, or are just township residents wanting to take part. "They just like to do it," Carters said. "They are looking forward to it every year." There were a few complications in the planning of this year's event, Arters said, but everything should be the same as in previous years. In the past, the pancake breakfast received its sausage from Pressler's Meats in Akron, but in early July, the business experienced a fire and has been temporarily closed for rebuilding. Arters said that after searching for a solution, organizers landed on Heffelfinger's Meats in Jeromesville. The business will pre-cook all the sausage and will use the same recipe as Pressler's, he said. This year's event will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, starting this Saturday and ending on March 29. It will take place at Chatham Memorial Hall, which is the former Chatham VFW Hall, at 6299 Avon Lake Road. The cost for adults is $12, the price for seniors is $11 and the cost for children under 10 is $8. Credit cards are accepted. Contact reporter Sara Crawford at (330) 721-4063 or scrawford@medina-gazette.com.