It's fun and food this Saturday with the Independence Optimist Club.

 The club is hosting its annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser from 8am to 11am at Dickey's BBQ Pit, 204 North Penn in Independence. The meal includes all-you-can-eat-pancakes plus 2 sausage links. The fundraiser will also features the famous Chris Cakes who holds the world record for the most hotcakes flipped in a single hour. Proceeds benefit the youth of Independence. Optimist President Barb Beurskins says the club helps local kids in many ways.

Beurskins says they also help a group called Jefferson Leaders, which is a group of students chosen by their teachers at Jefferson School in Independence. Jefferson Leaders students who wear their t-shirts to Saturday's breakfast eat for free. The cost for people 8 and up is $10, while the cost for kids 7 and under is $5