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Manning the Kettles
The Putnam Rotary Club's Interact Club was fund-raising last weekend. From left: Jared Nielsen, Ryan Rivera, Cade Jones
Advisor: Generosity
of community amazes
PUTNAM — The Putnam Rotary’s Interact Club had another amazing Saturday Dec. 9 with kettle donations pulling in more than $2,000 for a campaign total of more than $8,000 so far.
And there are two more Saturdays to go. Salvation Army kettles will be manned from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 16 and 23 at Putnam Supermarket, Putnam Stop & Shop, Putnam Price Chopper and Putnam Walmart.
Interact Club advisor Roberta Rocchetti said: “The generosity of our local community never ceases to amaze me. And a big shout out to Paige Perry and Gabriell Cerasiello from Putnam High who have manned the kettles for three 8-hour shifts.”
She also thanked additional Putnam High School students; Danny Pynn, Jay Patel, Danny Boriboun, and Kaylee Borders; Tourtellotte Memorial High School students; Zahara Moore, Jordyn Butler, Eric Levesque, Patricia Peterson, Joshua Tackson and Tyler Shead; The Woodstock Academy students; Emma Kerr, Ava Hovestadt, Delaney Anderson, Cade Jones, Jared Nielsen, Ryan Rivera, Jackie Dearborn, Mikayla Bessette, Ava Golden, Bella DiGregorio, Gianna Keddy, Julia Coyle and Livi Gerum.
Rocchetti thanked other volunteers including: Claudia Ursin from Ashford, Harper and Hudson Smith and Kelly Alves from Putnam, Shannon Fagan and Matthew Gardiner from the Rotaract Club and Rotarians, Joseph Adiletta, Fred Chmura, Dick Loomis, Woody and Dottie Durst, Roberta and Mike Rocchetti.
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