$5 Donation Gets You a Stampede BBQ Lunch

For those (like me) who aren't exactly early risers, and won't be making it out to a Stampede Breakfast at 7 a.m., here's a lunch BBQ that sounds good, and supports a really good cause.

The 2nd Annual John Petropoulos Memorial Fund Stampede BBQ goes from 11 to 2 on Saturday, July 4, 2009.

John Petropoulos was a young Calgary policeman who died in an accident in 2000 while investigating a crime. The Memorial Fund was started by other police who were in his recruit class. Its goal is to improve workplace safety. And that's a great goal. No one should get hurt or die because they go to work one day.

Where the Pancakes Are, Stampede Breakfasts

Thanks to Are You Gonna Eat That? for pointing out two Stampede breakfast finders:

FlapJack Finder - Brilliant, simple. Has a map. Searchable by date. Has addresses for Stampede breakfasts. Has recipes for making your own pancakes. Yahoo!

Stampede Breakfasts.com - Easy to use list, also searchable by location and dates.

These two lists are not identical.

On FlapJack Finder, I couldn't figure out how to find the date of a breakfast once I found it on the map, so I guess you have to go through the date search function one day at a time.

On Stampede Breakfasts.com, there is a way to sort the list by quadrant of the city, but you still see a list of all four quadrants, so be sure to read through all the pages until you find the quadrant of interest.

I'm not complaining, just explaining that you have to do a little digging on these sites. It's worth it. Stampede Breakfasts are fun.