I’m not sure if you’ve been watching the news lately, or if you’ve ever visited The White House to taste its fine Italian food, but something profound is happening at this Anaheim restaurant.
The owner of The White House restaurant, Bruno Serato, is using all of his resources to help fight child hunger in Anaheim, CA. Six days a week, at 4:30 pm, Bruno prepares and delivers almost 150 free meals to the Boys & Girls Club of Anaheim. The donated meals feed kids who are nearly homeless; living in motels and often going without food.
What Prompted Bruno to Begin Feeding the Children?
While visiting Anaheim five years ago, Bruno’s mother, Caterina, went with him to visit the Anaheim Boys & Girls Club where he serves on the board. During the visit, the director of the club told Caterina that most of the kids who stay in the club between 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm are motel children and often go back to the motel without dinner because their families can’t afford it. All the children can do is wait until the next school day to get another meal.
That night, Caterina told Bruno that children should always eat and sent Bruno back to the Anaheim White House Restaurant to prepare pasta for the 100 children.
Since that day, Bruno has prepared and delivered 100 free dinners 6 nights a week, and today because of the economy he can serve up to 150 free dinners each night.
Bruno serves a total of 47 thousand free hot meals a year to underprivileged children.
Just listen to his story:
Caterina’s Girls Club has donated a 12 passenger van to transport the children from their motels to the club and has also contributed to a free dental clinic as well as piano lessons for the Boys & Girls Clubs members. The children are provided with one-on-one tutoring on a daily basis, which gives them the opportunity to improve their grades. In addition to the tutoring, upgraded computer software was also provided to aide the children in furthering their education.
I was introduced to Caterina’s Club by Janelle Peat of Green River Capital. when she told me the story of Bruno and the kids, I just had to do something. So Shandrow Group donated $250.00 to Caterina’s Club.
If you’re going to donate money to only one charity this year, this is the one.
And if you can’t afford to donate, at least go there for dinner and tell your friends to go there for dinner as well. Keeping Bruno in business helps the kids too.
For every one child Bruno feeds, there is probably 100 that are going hungry.
I’m going to do what I can to keep him in business.
To make a donation, please send your checks to the Anaheim White House Restaurant attention Caterina’s Girls Club For the Boys & Girl Club of Anaheim at 887 South Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim, California 92805. 714-772-1381.
If you have more questions feel free to contact me @ 562-364-9505 or mark@shandrowgroup.com
Sincerely,
Mark Shandrow
Real Estate Broker
office 562-364-9505 ext 100
mark@shandrowgroup.com
Shandrow Group
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Long Beach, CAÂ 90807
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