Crisis Pregnancy Center honors IHOP franchisee - Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE — In the eyes of Sharon Carey, executive director of the Crisis Pregnancy Center of the Wabash Valley, Scott Womack stacks up better than his franchise's signature pancakes.
The center on Monday awarded its first Outstanding Service Award to Womack, president of Womack Restaurants, an International House of Pancakes franchisee with 11 stores, nine in Indiana and two in Ohio.
This year, Womack's 11 IHOP stores gave out 12,308 free short stacks of pancakes, raising more than $12,000 on National Pancake Day in February. In Terre Haute, the event raised $1,200, which was donated to Crisis Pregnancy Center of the Wabash Valley.
IHOP began its National Pancake Day in 2006 as a way to donate to various charities. Customers to an IHOP restaurant are given free pancakes for donations during the day.
This year, the event topped 2009's more than 9,400 short stacks of pancakes and more than the $9,000 raised for charities last year.
"IHOP started National Pancake Day and gave us the option to select a local charity, and so this was natural thing for us," Womack said, "as we sponsor their main banquet and their Walk for Life, two separate events. We are deeply involved with them and do a variety of things.
"As we open new restaurants in other towns around Indiana and Ohio, we go to those centers and offer our support there as well. It keeps us tied in with the community and creates a very real bond with the community," Womack said.
Carey said the award was the first by the Terre Haute organization.
"He is definitely the person we wanted to honor with the first award," Carey said, adding that Womack previously served on the board of directors for the Crisis Pregnancy Center for more than 14 years, serving at one time as board chairman.
"He has been a vital part of our center," Carey said.
The center is at 1527 Poplar St. in Terre Haute.
"All of our services are free," Carey said. "We offer a variety of services, from free pregnancy tests and testing and treatment for certain sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea and chlamydia and also provide a variety of support groups for moms and dads," Carey said.
Howard Greninger can be reached at (812) 231-4204 or howard.greninger@tribstar.com.
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