Interact Club is there to help
Once again TEEG organized an amazing Backpack distribution which was well attended Aug. 16.
There was a mountain of backpacks to choose from and tables of school supplies and the Putnam Rotary Club’s Interact Club was there to help.
Interact Club members helped children with their selection and ensured the tables were stocked with supplies.
Just like last year, TEEG has implemented a program for free school shoes. Roberta Rocchetti, Interact advisor, had fun measuring the little ones for their shoe size.
Then there were quite a few styles, sizes and colors to choose from. Elise Coyle from Woodstock Academy along with her sister Julia were set up in an adjoining room with gently used and new running shoes and cross trainers that they have collected this past year to donate to people in need.
Rocchetti thanked Ava Tucker, Shyla Beckett, Calleigh Levesque, Billie Lewis, Matthew Rybacki, Sam and Amelia Hachigian from Thompson and Elise Coyle and Julia from Woodstock and Paige Perry and Gabriell Cerasiello from Putnam.
The Interact Club will be collecting new Halloween costumes at the Putnam YMCA from Aug. 18 through Oct. 7. TEEG will be having a costume distribution at its Fall Festival Oct. 13.
The first Interact meeting for the school year will be at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 9 in the Putnam Public Library. Any student ages 12-18 from this region is welcome to join. For more information contact Roberta Rocchetti at 860-933-8603 or
captions, top to bottom:
Paige Perry and Gabriell Cerasiello
Calleigh Levesque and Billie Lewis
Matthew Rybacki, back left.