Adrian Serbin enthusiastically asked for more food during Caterina’s Club annual Snow Day at the Anaheim White House in Anaheim, CA, on Monday, November 20, 2023. About 350 kids were treated to a Thanksgiving dinner, visit with Santa Claus and a chance to sled down a snow ramp. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Chef Bruno Serato greets Alondra Botello during Caterina’s Club annual Snow Day at the Anaheim White House in Anaheim, CA, on Monday, November 20, 2023. Serato used to deliver food to Botello when she was in elementary school and lived in a nearby mobile home park. Today Botello is a sociology major at CSUF and is volunteering to serve food. About 350 kids were treated to a Thanksgiving dinner, visit with Santa Claus and a chance to sled down a snow ramp. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Mateo Jimenez rides a sled down the snow hill during Caterina’s Club annual Snow Day at the Anaheim White House in Anaheim, CA, on Monday, November 20, 2023. About 350 kids were treated to a Thanksgiving dinner, visit with Santa Claus and a chance to sled down a snow ramp. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Jayla Holt rides a sled down the snow hill during Caterina’s Club annual Snow Day at the Anaheim White House in Anaheim, CA, on Monday, November 20, 2023. About 350 kids were treated to a Thanksgiving dinner, visit with Santa Claus and a chance to sled down a snow ramp. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Santa Claus chats with visitors during Caterina’s Club annual Snow Day at the Anaheim White House in Anaheim, CA, on Monday, November 20, 2023. About 350 kids were treated to a Thanksgiving dinner, visit with Santa Claus and a chance to sled down a snow hill. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A youngster rides a sled down the snow hill during Caterina’s Club annual Snow Day at the Anaheim White House in Anaheim, CA, on Monday, November 20, 2023. About 350 kids were treated to a Thanksgiving dinner, visit with Santa Claus and a chance to sled down a snow ramp. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Princesses chat with visitors during Caterina’s Club annual Snow Day at the Anaheim White House in Anaheim, CA, on Monday, November 20, 2023. About 350 kids were treated to a Thanksgiving dinner, visit with Santa Claus and a chance to sled down a snow hill. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Chef Bruno Serato pauses to take pictures with volunteers during the Caterina’s Club annual Snow Day at the Anaheim White House in Anaheim, CA, on Monday, November 20, 2023. About 350 kids were treated to a Thanksgiving dinner, visit with Santa Claus and a chance to sled down a snow ramp. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Jazlyn Zamora rides a sled down the snow hill during Caterina’s Club annual Snow Day at the Anaheim White House in Anaheim, CA, on Monday, November 20, 2023. About 350 kids were treated to a Thanksgiving dinner, visit with Santa Claus and a chance to sled down a snow ramp. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Members of the Chapman University football team volunteer to serve up food during Caterina’s Club annual Snow Day at the Anaheim White House in Anaheim, CA, on Monday, November 20, 2023. About 350 kids were treated to a Thanksgiving dinner, visit with Santa Claus and a chance to sled down a snow ramp. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A visitor to Caterina’s Club annual Snow Day carries his food to his table at the Anaheim White House in Anaheim, CA, on Monday, November 20, 2023. About 350 kids were treated to a Thanksgiving dinner, visit with Santa Claus and a chance to sled down a snow ramp. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
In most of Orange County, the forecast Monday was warm and windy, but in a corner of Anaheim a holiday miracle dumped 15 tons of snow for local children to sled.
Chef Bruno Serato and his Anaheim White House restaurant served a special early Thanksgiving meal on Monday to about 350 children, who also enjoyed visits from Santa Claus and the winter wonderland.
Serato’s Caterina’s Club charity is know for cooking up vats of pasta to make sure children are getting a warm meal; it now serves meals to some 5,000 children around the region each day. And, of course, Monday’s Thanksgiving fixings included a pasta side.
The 13th annual PastaThon hosted by KFI radio is also now underway collecting donations for Caterina’s Club, check caterinasclub.org for how to help.
