Hundreds of local residents got an early start on their Fourth of July celebrations on Friday during the Santa Clarita Valley Rotary Club’s annual morning pancake breakfast.

Chris Ball, member of the Rotary Club, said they expected to serve around 1,000 patriotic red, white and blue pancakes to the hungry crowds that lined up alongside the Roger Dunn Golf parking lot in downtown Newhall.

Ball noted that the Rotary Club will not see any sort of profit from the breakfast, which is currently in its 43rd year, as the $6,000 expected to be raised from the raffle.