Jacob Dimond / jake@yelmonline.com
Local non-profit One Net Yelm and Mr. Dougs invite the public to join the restaurant — located at 210 103rd Avenue Southeast — from 7 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 16, for the third annual pancake breakfast fundraiser.
The proceeds from One Net Yelm and Mr Dougs’ third annual pancake breakfast fundraiser will be donated to Yelm Senior Center.
Additionally, there is no set cost for your breakfast — which includes pancakes, bacon and eggs, according to Line Roy, One Net Yelm president. She told the Nisqually Valley News on Monday, Feb. 16, that breakfast items can be purchased through donations only.
“It’s going to be a delicious breakfast,” Roy said. “The event is by donation only, so there is no set price for it. Whatever pancakes are worth to you, that’s what you can donate to the cause.”
According to Roy, the pancake breakfast fundraiser has grown each year in both attendance and funds raised to donate to the senior center. Last year’s event, the second annual pancake breakfast fundraiser, doubled in proceeds raised for Yelm Center Center.
“Last year’s event was incredible. We broke all of our previous records, which in a second year is pretty good. We brought in nearly $6,300 last year. That was incredible,” she said. “I think we doubled the amount last year. That was just so incredible for us to be able to present that check and share so much with the seniors.”
Additionally, she expects the 2026 pancake breakfast fundraiser to be just as incredible as last year’s rendition.
“We’re going to go out and have a good time. We want to invite everyone to join us,” Roy said. “We want to see as much of the community as we can and share a little bit about One Net Yelm and what we do with them. We’ll see how our community shows up for us, but we’re very excited.”
Both One Net Yelm and Roy are thankful for Mr. Dougs and their partnership and participation in the annual pancake breakfast fundraiser for the Yelm Senior Center.
“It’s such a great partnership with Mr. Dougs. They are just incredible supporters of this event and so many other events,” Roy said. “For the pancake feed, they take care of everything. They take care of serving, cooking and we get to interact with the customers and the people as they come into the restaurant.”
One of One Net Yelm’s primary missions is to support the seniors of the local community, Roy said. Additionally, she believes this annual event is a great opportunity to get the community together and do just that — support our local elders.
“Getting to partner with the Yelm Senior Center is one of those ways that we can meet our mission. They, as an organization, give so much to our senior community here and so we’re grateful we can do a little bit to help them out with that,” Roy said. “We just love being able to get together with them and Mr. Dougs and have a great day. We’re hoping to give a little bit of money to the senior center.”
You can learn more about One Net Yelm by visiting the non-profit organization’s self-titled Facebook page.
“Please come out and see us on the seventh and support the pancake breakfast fundraiser,” Roy said. “Stay tuned to see how much is brought in.”
