NewsSeptember 30, 2020

Hundreds of pancake meals were made and distributed to local frontline workers by the Cape Girardeau Noon Lions Club on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, at the A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. The annual Lions Club Pancake Day event has been open to the general public in the past, but it was changed this year to exclusively serve law enforcement officers, firefighters, first-responders and health care workers carryout pancake-and-sausage meals at no charge. As meals were received, workers thanked the volunteers providing the meals, to which volunteer Gunnar Knudtson replied, "Appreciate what you do."

Mike Renick gives pancake meals to a first responder during the annual Cape Lions Club Pancake Day on Wednesday at A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.
Mike Renick gives pancake meals to a first responder during the annual Cape Lions Club Pancake Day on Wednesday at A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.
Gunnar Knudtson unpacks several pancake meals for first responders during the annual Lions Club Pancake Day on Wednesday at A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.
Gunnar Knudtson unpacks several pancake meals for first responders during the annual Lions Club Pancake Day on Wednesday at A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.
Gunnar Knudtson (right) hands off several pancake meals to Mike Renick during the annual Lions Club Pancake Day on Wednesday at A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.
Gunnar Knudtson (right) hands off several pancake meals to Mike Renick during the annual Lions Club Pancake Day on Wednesday at A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.
Edwin Noffel, who said he has been making pancakes for the annual Cape Lions Club Pancake Day since 1962, flips a pancake on Wednesday at A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.
Edwin Noffel, who said he has been making pancakes for the annual Cape Lions Club Pancake Day since 1962, flips a pancake on Wednesday at A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.
Luke Landgraf (front) ladles batter onto the grill during the annual Cape Lions Club Pancake Day on Wednesday at A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.
Luke Landgraf (front) ladles batter onto the grill during the annual Cape Lions Club Pancake Day on Wednesday at A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.
Brandon Pederson (right) distributes sausage into meals held by Michael Cossou during the annual Cape Lions Club Pancake Day on Wednesday at A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.
Brandon Pederson (right) distributes sausage into meals held by Michael Cossou during the annual Cape Lions Club Pancake Day on Wednesday at A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau.
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Hundreds of pancake meals were made and distributed to local frontline workers by the Cape Girardeau Noon Lions Club on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, at the A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. The annual Lions Club Pancake Day event has been open to the general public in the past, but it was changed this year to exclusively serve law enforcement officers, firefighters, first-responders and health care workers carryout pancake-and-sausage meals at no charge. As meals were received, workers thanked the volunteers providing the meals, to which volunteer Gunnar Knudtson replied, "Appreciate what you do."

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