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Tara Sledjeski sits with her grandfather Alfred Touchette as they watch the Chrome N Steel Veteran Riders, CT make repairs around his house. Photo by Alexys Gaudette.

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The Chrome N Steel Veteran Riders, CT of Putnam arriving to help a veteran. Photo by Alexys Gaudette.

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Edited by Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — What a way to honor veterans, and so near Memorial Day.
The Chrome N Steel Veteran Riders, CT of Putnam is always looking for ways to honor veterans by helping them.
The club’s Eric Bennett said the club is “made up of current military members, retired members, and non-military members.  Our main focus is giving assistance to our veterans that are in need; doing rides and events for different local charities.”
He added: “We are always looking for more veterans to help and we do all of this at no charge. This is our way of giving back to the people who served our country keeping us safe and for the ones who continue to do so.”
They heard that Alfred Touchette, 91, a Navy veteran, needed some help. So May 23 club members went to Touchette’s home and did a complete clean up.  
Touchette needed an old shed removed, his back deck secured and is front porch fixed but 18 members of the Riders went above and beyond.
They: Tore down a shed
Put fetching where the shed was
Mowed the entire lawn
Cleaned gutters and roof
Trimmed tree branches over the house
Put up some new shutters
Weed wacked
Removal of all materials from the shed and yard
Removal of old items needed to be thrown away
Bennett said the group also has a dumpster coming this week "to discard the rest of what we were unable to fit (no charge to our veteran)."