POULSBO — Even before runners begin checking in at Lions Park Saturday morning, the air will be filled with the tempting aromas of pancakes, sausage and eggs prepared by the Poulsbo Noon Lions Club.

As they have every year since 1972, club members will rally at the Poulsbo Armory on Jensen Way to satisfy the hunger of festival-goers preparing to enjoy a full day of all things Norwegian.

They’ll also be raising money for a good cause as a few North Kitsap High School seniors will receive scholarships from the proceeds of the two-day affair.

The all-you-can-eat breakfast, which includes pancakes, sausage, eggs made to order, milk, juice, cocoa and coffee is $7 for adults and $5 for children and runs from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

“We raise about $6,000 each year from this event and it all goes to scholarships, which are handed out in June,” said Tom Settle, who is organizing this year’s event.

Each year, the Lions serve about 1,500 people and this year’s crowd is expected to be just as large, Settle said.

To accommodate that many hungry festival-goers, Settle estimates that it will take 250 dozen eggs and 200 pounds of pancake mix and breakfast sausage.

That doesn’t include the gallons of coffee, orange juice, milk and cocoa that will also be part of the annual breakfast fare.

“It’s a big project, but our members are willing to participate because it’s such a fun event,” Settle said.

Royalty will also be seen at the event as Miss Poulsbo 2006 Brenna Gardner-Brown, Miss Viking Fest 2006 Jasmine Campbell and Viking Fest princesses Elisabeth Almond and Whitney Glebe are expected to serve up pancakes at the event.

One of the Lions flipping pancakes throughout the weekend will be Elda Armstrong, who along with her husband Herb, has been involved in the fund-raiser since its inception.

“I helped out as a spouse before I became a member and Herb’s been doing it since it began,” Elda said.

Because all proceeds go toward scholarships for high school seniors, Elda said the couple feels strongly about the benefits the community receives from the event.

“I think it’s important that kids get an opportunity to go to college and get training beyond high school, because that really makes a difference,” Elda said.

While the Armstrongs are manning the pancake griddle, fellow Lion Chuck Weaver will be busy cooking eggs to each customer’s particular liking.

“I’ve been the egg guru for about 10 years and it’s fellowship,” Weaver said. “When you see the guys around you giving it all they have it makes all the difference in the world.”

By the end of the weekend, everyone is tired, but it’s for a good cause, Weaver said.

With about 40 members helping with the event in split shifts, Settle said the work will begin Friday afternoon as the armory is set up for the event. The first breakfast fires will be lit at 6 a.m. Saturday.

One difference in this year’s event is a discount coupon that was included in a recent ValPak coupon book, which is worth 50 cents off admission before 8:30 a.m. and after 10:30 a.m., he said.

“We thought we would try to spread it out a little bit, because we always get such a large rush between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.,” he said.

Once the fun wraps up hopefully at around 4 p.m. Sunday, Settle said club members will do like they’ve done in years past: move on to the next community project with pride and enthusiasm.