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Putnam Rotary Club President John Miller presents Roberta Rocchetti, Interact Club advisor, with a $500 donation to add to the Interact Club's annual Salvation Army Kettle Campaign.  Linda Lemmon photo.


The Putnam Rotary Club's Interact members and others manned several Salvation Army red kettles and raised more than $9,000 this year, according to Interact Club adviser Roberta Rocchetti.
Rocchetti said the counting is not finished but total donations and collections were up to $9,162.
She said that there were 95 volunteers comprised of members from the local community, the Putnam Rotary Club, the Rotaract Club, Boy Scout Troop 25, Boy Scout Troop 21 and students from The Woodstock Academy, Putnam High School, Killingly High School, Thompson Middle School and Putnam Middle School.
She added that all the money raised goes to the Salvation Army's local distributions to Daily Bread, TEEG and local people in need.
She said that the Putnam Rotary Club's Interact Club has been coordinating students from local schools, organizations and the local community since 1997 and at the beginning of this campaign had already raised more than $200,000 for northeastern Connecticut.
Volunteers rang the bells at the Putnam Stop & Shop, Putnam Walmart, Putnam Price Chopper and Putnam Supermarket during the weekends between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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