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Left: Members of the Putnam Rotary Club, the Putnam Lions and Leos and the Putnam Elks Lodge 574 braved the raw weather to man the Good Friday Food Drive to benefit Daily Bread. Linda Lemmon photo. Right: Kira Greene and Jacqueline Dearborn represented the Putnam Rotary Club's Interact Club earlier in the day (courtesy photo).


Good Friday Food Drive a winner
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
NE CT — Cars lined up and when they were done, Daily Bread Food Pantry was the proud recipient of a truck filled with food and a cash box filled with thousands in monetary donations.
The traditional Good Friday Food Drive, held in the WINY Radio parking lot, is a joint effort among the Putnam Rotary Club and its Interact Club, the Putnam Lions Club and its Leos Club and the Putnam Elks Lodge #574.
Doria Daviau, a Putnam Lions advisor for the Leo Club, said at the end the truck was filled. Daviau has been a volunteer at the food drive for more than 10 years.
Karen Osbrey, head of the IHSP-Daily Bread, said the final number of monetary donations received was $4,760.13 and the final tally for food was 1,198 pounds.
The wind was cold and raw and definitely not helpful — it tried to steal the volunteers’ tent. Despite the windy challenges, the volunteers were collecting with smiles on their faces.
The rain didn’t stop the Putnam Rotary Club’s Interact Club from waving and encouraging cars to stop by and make a donation. Kira Greene, left, and Jacqueline Dearborn had fun despite the cold wet weather.
The volunteers said: “We had an excellent day. Great volunteers and great people donating.”

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