DUBLIN, Ga. — It's St. Patrick's Day and what better way to celebrate than in the Emerald City itself?
This week, the city of Dublin is hosting a number of events to ring in the holiday and on Thursday, you can be a part of one that's been around since the 1960s -- the Annual Pancake Supper.
"I'm very excited for tomorrow (Thursday)," said Miriam Lewis.
For Lewis and many others who live in Dublin, the supper is something they look forward to all year.
"It's a huge community event. Everyone comes out to the Pancake Supper. It's just a great time for the community to come together, especially right before Super Saturday to kind of get warmed up to all of the festivities," said Lewis.
Pancakes, bacon, sausage, eggs, grits... you name it.
People have the chance to "Eat like an Irishman," and help the community.
"The national project for the national Exchange Club is child abuse prevention and we support our local allied agencies. We make sure that they have everything they need to take predators off the street. In addition to that, we also support our young people. Some of our greatest scholars we honor with scholarships every year," said Exchange Club president, Phil Bazemore.
He says he's looking forward to the supper this year and that he's expecting a big crowd.
"We're very excited to have people in person. It's a very great community event and we're just looking forward to having a normal show this year," said Bazemore.
Guy Cochran has been working the pancake supper since 1982.
The year he first joined the Exchange Club, they fed about 1,000 people through the supper.
"In the last 20 years, we've averaged serving over 4,000 people. We've come close to 5,000 people a time or two," said Cochran.
He's happy to see how much the crowd and organization has grown over the years.
"It's fun to be a part of an organization that's growing and has new leadership coming in every year, it's a fun thing," said Cochran.
"It's truly an event that has stayed true to the test of time," said Lewis.
If you want to catch all of the flapjack action Thursday night, the pancake supper happens at Dublin Middle School from 4-8 p.m.
If you haven't gotten a ticket yet, it's not too late! You can pay at the event and tickets cost $10.