captions, clockwise from top:
At the Camp Quinebaug Turkey Dip, from left: Gabriell Cerasiello, Paige Perry, June Ferraro, Serena Smith, Sofia Thurber, Niko Kostovski, Sam Hachigian.
Ornaments plus, from left: Serena Smith, Dylan Axtell, June Ferraro, Sofia Thurber, Calleigh Levesque.
The Loomis Family, from left: Livi Gerum, Dick Loomis, Kelly Alves, Hudson Smith, Max Gerum, Marianne Loomis.
Interact Club helping ... everywhere
PUTNAM — It’s been a very busy week of the Putnam Rotary Club’s Interact Club.
Nov. 26 the club members completed their project for elderly shut-ins by making more than 80 gift bags with treats and ornaments.
Thanksgiving morning the Interact Club members jumped into the lake at Camp Quinebaug, raising more than $700 for the camp.
Nov. 29 and 30 the Interact Club along with their classmates began their 27th year of bell ringing for the local Salvation Army office. They raised more than $3,800 in kettle donations.
Taking part were: Kira Greene, Jackie Dearborn, Liliana Bottone, Christian Menounos, Kaelyn Tremblay, Eli Manning, Sophia Milardo, Lauren Thomas, Anthony Beaudreault, Gianna DiCola-Keddy, Mia Sorrentino, Katelyn Bruce, Lillian Beausoleil, Melanie Dipippo, Ella Petersen, Thatcher Paterson, Livi Gerum and Aidan Tyler from Woodstock Academy; Gabriell Cerasiello, Kaylee Borders, Kaydence Morris, Paige Perry, Emma Campbell, Ella Carota, Emma Campbell, Alivia Ortiz, Angelina Seymour, Jayda Rivera, Maddy Kimball and Carlos Harper Mendoza from Putnam High. Thank you to Grace Akana, Lindsey Sturtevant, Cole Hopkins, June Ferraro, Isabell McGlynn, Tyler Shead, Joshua Tackson, Victoria Patterson, Kayd Patterson, Calleigh Levesque, Dylan Axtell, Anna Bell, Bethany Nieves and Tessa Sheldon from Tourtellotte. Also helping were: Max Gerum from Pomfret School, Hudson Smith from Woodstock Elementary, Talia Tremblay from UConn, Leo Rocchetti, Kelly Alves, Rotarian Jonathan and Keri Tremblay, Dick and Marianne Loomis, Deb Hoft, Emily Barnes, Joseph Adiletta, Richard and Kathy Naumann and Mike and Roberta Rocchetti.
Collections continue Saturdays Dec. 7, 14 and 21 at Putnam Walmart, Putnam Stop & Shop, Putnam Price Chopper and Putnam Supermarket.
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