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Lions Volleyball
Top --- King Cadillac GMC Team: Mac Cayer, Jamie Woods, Connor Huda, Sammie Orlowski, Gedi Juozaitis, Caroline Eaton, Jason MacDonald, Paula Hernandez. Above right --- BPE: Burt Processing Equipment: Melanie Quirk, Danielle Parent, Gregg Parent, Julie Chaffee, Brian Chaffee and Jason Harney. Above left --- Yorkies: Heather Fenn, Theresa Sophia, Trina Sexton, Brian Cagle, Jay Willard, John Robert and John Saporita. Courtesy photos.


The 2018 Putnam Lions Volleyball Challenge raised more than $18,000.
There were more than 13 teams taking part in an annual event that benefits the 40-plus organizations to which the Putnam Lions Club donates.
These funds are distributed during the Lions’ annual Night of Giving which will be on April 6 this year. 
March 17 hosted seven competitive teams that participated in a round robin tournament to determine division placement.  Teams then competed for cash prizes. The two division winners were Burt Process Equipment and the Yorkies.  Additional teams from March 17 included the Wise Guys, Bumpin’ Uglies Again, Friends Without Benefits, Hometown Bank and Allstate.
March 18 the corporate divisions competed for a small prize and the coveted traveling trophy.   Team King Cadillac GMC battled Team Safin’s for the championship.  Other corporate teams that played March 18 were Putnam Bank, Waves, Putnam High School and Gerardi Insurance.
The Putnam Lions thanked all of the players, sponsors and Lion volunteers who made this year’s tournament such a success.  The Lions also thanked Diamond sponsor, KARS of Putnam; Platinum sponsors,  Day Kimball Hospital; Gold sponsors, King Cadillac GMC, Gerardi Insurance, Spirol , bankHometown, Hallisey & D’Agostino LLP, Archambault Insurance Associates, Waves Hair Studio, Byrnes Insurance Agency, Karl Storz Endovision Inc, Putnam Bank, Paul and Karen Safin and more than 60 additional sponsors that donated to this event.
Special thanks went to Tom Archambault, from Archambault Insurance Associates, who was the tournament director, the Putnam High School girls’ volleyball team, who served as referees for the entire tournament, and the Putnam Leos Club for helping with set-up and break-down.