Warren High Interact Takeover

Posted by Dan Fox 
on Apr 01, 2014
 
by Lorine  Parks

The most Hawaiian thing about the Warren High School Interact Club was  the pineapple upside down cake they brought to auction off to our club members.  “Wear your Aloha shirts,” we were warned, because the Warren High School Interact Club was taking over the meeting today.


 
Interact member Mariah Montero proceeded to act as Fine Master, calling on all those who were not wearing Hawaiian attire to stand.   Those in ordinary street wear were then told to pay the price for not following directions.

Likewise, anyone wearing blue and yellow, the Warren High School colors, was exempt from the round of fining.

Proud of their Interact achievements, the students recounted their annual ventures.  “We have this Pancake Breakfast every year,” they announced, but the Club wouldn’t let them go any further until they acknowledged that     what they were doing was, participating in the Downey Rotary’s annual Pancake breakfast.  The Club is protective about the fact that the breakfast was started over fifty years ago, as a benefit for the Downey YMCA, by our still-active member Angelo Cardono.  Cheers for Angelo, who rose and waved to acknowledge them.

Other Interact activities include helping our club with the District Cardboard Boat Race, where we were a strong contender last year.  Also on the books is “Bowl to Fight Polio,” and Food Drives to help flood victims and other calamities.   The end of the slide show was marked with a signature Warren Bear paw print.

Now for the real reason for Warren Interact’s visit: the dessert auction.  Proceeds go to help the Interact Club with their charitable projects.  First up was a box of caramelized walnuts dipped in chocolate – delicious.  That went to Judge Phil Mautino’s table, who shared it with the room.

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Next in quick succession we bought a chocolate cake with chocolate filling and chocolate rosettes on the chocolate icing.  Then a glazed fruit tart cake went for a record-for-the-day price, followed by the appearance of the afore- mentioned pineapple upside down cake.  Cries of “ Upside down” filled the room. 

A dozen cupcakes iced and sprinkled went fast, and then an unusual basket of white chocolate-covered lollipops.  For the finale we were treated to the sight of a chocolate sheet cake frosted in pale blue and decorate with yellow icing in the design of a Rotary wheel, cogs and all.  This was at first mistaken for a spider web, but the Rotary theme was soon discerned and appreciated.

The students all signed the book for the Downey Library, with their names and the date, so the event will be perpetuated in little readers’ minds forever.