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Top Winner
Putnam Rotary President Missy Meyers, left, presents the Ring a Ding Trophy to Paige Perry from Putnam High School.


Salvation Army and Interact Bell-Ringers both win
PUTNAM — It was a win-win campaign. The Putnam Rotary Club’s Interact Club and its student helpers had a friendly competition going as they rang bells for the local Salvation Army. And all that work netted the Salvation Army nearly $14,000 and that money stays local.
The bell-ringing season ends each year with a Salvation Army/Interact Pizza Party where the individuals and the schools who put in the most hours ringing bells are honored. It’s a friendly competition.
Debbie White, service extension coordinator for the Salvation Army, thanked all the volunteers who took part in the 2022 kettle campaign. The bells were ringing for four weekends before Christmas.
The schools represented were: The Woodstock Academy, Putnam High School, Tourtellotte Memorial High School, Killingly High School, Marianapolis Prep School, Harvard H. Ellis Tech, EO Smith, Ashford School, Pomfret School, Rectory School and Assumption School.
The schools with the most bell-ringing hours were:
Third place - Putnam High School - 55 hours; second place - Tourtellotte Memorial High School - 66 hours; and first place – The Woodstock Academy with 172 hours.
The winners for the student with the most bell-ringing hours were:
Third place - Gabriell Cerasiello - 8 hours; second place - Carter Payne, Alyssa Thompson, Caitlin Mercer, Eoin Mercer (team) - 9 hours; and first place – Paige Perry – Putnam High School - 13 hours.

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