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Bell Ringing
From left: Emma Russell, Alyssa Thompson, and Carter Payne are raising money for the Salvation Army Kettle Campaign. With the last bell ringing Dec. 17 the Interact Club could hit $10,000. Courtesy photo.
PUTNAM — The Putnam Rotary Club’s Interact Club members and friends bravely rang the bells in the cold Dec. 10 and collected $2,131.04 for the Salvation Army’s Kettle Campaign.
The club, in its 25th year of ringing the bells, has a total of $8,216.44 so far, with one more Saturday of bell ringing to go. They hope to break $10,000 and then some!
Interact Club co-advisor Roberta Rocchetti said “I really hope people will be generous on this last one.”
Club members will be collecting Saturday, Dec. 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Putnam Walmart, Price Chopper, Putnam Supermarket and Stop & Shop.
Rocchetti thanked Emma Russel, Sarah Ha, Khanh-Vi Pham, Hannah Ha, Chengxun (Angela) Li and Yanlin (Lyn) Wang from Marianapolis; Joshua Tackson and Cooper Sweeney from Tourtellotte Memorial High School; Hadley Grether, Angelos Haveles, Carter Payne, Alyssa Thompson, Maeve and Callum Lusignan, Avery Kollbeck, Aiden Finch and Rori Mackenzie; Jenny Boriboun, Allyson DiNola, Paige Perry, Gabriell Ceasiello and Kasyn Robillard from Putnam High; Anna Burnham and Isabella McDonough from E.O. Smith; Henry Burnham and Journey Horn from Ashford School; Joan Celotti, Sarah Celotti, Jesse and Gina Burnham, Martha Sibley-Jett and Melissa McDonough from Ashford.
She also thanked Rotarians, Marc Archambault, Paul Pikora, co-advisor Wayne (Woody) Durst.
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