Interact helps Relay for Life
PUTNAM — In true community spirit, the Putnam Rotary Club’s Interact Club was quite busy supporting one of its main projects — the Relay for Life.
Club adviser Roberta Rocchetti said one of the club’s fund-raisers was the Savers Clothing Drive. The total weight collected was 4,111 pounds for which the club received more than $800. That will be donated to the American Cancer society’s Relay for Life which will be held May 31.
Rocchetti said: “A big shout out to all the Relay for Life teams and the people in the surrounding communities that helped contribute to the Savers Clothing drive. A big thank you to Putnam High School for storing the bags of clothing and the students who helped load all the bags. Thank you to Mayor Barney Seney, Kevin Lamothe and the Town of Putnam for their support. Thank you Woody Durst, Mike Rocchetti and Shane Donahue for their assistance in transporting the clothes to Savers in Manchester.”
That successful drive was followed by another day of community spirit which benefited the Relay.
The club’s Pancake Breakfast and Photos with the Easter Bunny netted $238 for Relay. She thanked the Knights of Columbus for providing the hall, Boy Scout Troop 21 who helped serve, and Scout Master Chris Jodoin, Jayce Jodoin, Joe Vergoni, Jordan Travisano and Revin Middleton.
Also she thanked Interact members, June Ferraro, Isabelle McGlynn, Sam Hachigian, Devi Patel-Gandhi, Henrietta Hayes, Emma Martineau and Rotarian advisor Kayla Morin.
She also thanked the Putnam Relay for Life team, Whitney Pynn, Sawyer Britt, Evan Mailloux, Iyanah Ruiz and Nick Devlin and Larry Benson, “an amazing cook”.
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Scout Troop 21 Helping