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Interact Club presents slides at conference
Three local Interact members, Paige Perry, Gabriel Cerasiello and Calleigh Levesque, presented the club’s busy year at the 2026 Rotary District 7890 Interact Conference March 28.
Each Interact Club presented a slide show of its club activities and community service projects and the local Interact Club’s show was extensive.  
The Putnam Rotary Interact Club’s service and events slide show included: Donation to TEEG, July 29, Aug. 16, 2025 at TEEG’s Backpack Distribution, August 2025, Worked in TEEG’s community garden, Sept. 23, 2025 Scarecrow Creation, Oct. 13, 2025, at TEEG’s Halloween Costume Distribution and Fall Festival, Oct. 18, Putnam’s Great Pumpkin Festival, Nov. 11, 2025, Created Ornaments for Elderly Shut-Ins, Nov. 15, 2025, Putnam Rotary Interact Club Food Drive, Nov. 27, 2025, Camp Quinebaug Turkey Dip, December, 2025, Salvation Army Bell Ringing, Jan. 13, 2026, Created Valentine Cards for the Elderly Shut-ins, Feb. 28, 2026, Putnam Fire and Ice Festival, March 10, 2026 Created St. Patrick’s Day Cards for the Elderly Shut-ins, March 14, 2026 Rotaract Club Trivia Night.
The Interact Club’s next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. April 14 in the Putnam Public Library.  For info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Eleven Interact clubs from Massachusetts and Connecticut took part in the conference. All the Interact members assisted in a community service project by packaging 25,000 meals for those in the Holyoke area with food insecurity. Two inbound exchange students, one from Thailand and one from Italy, spoke about their experiences as an exchange student. Five outbound exchange students spoke about the country they are headed to for high school next fall. The theme for the conference was “Unite for Good” 
For more information about the Rotary youth exchange program go to https://rotarydistrict7890.org/SitePage/youth-exchange. 

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At Conference
The Putnam Rotary Interact Club went to a district conference recently. Far left: Paige Perry and Gabriel Cerasiello. Near right Calleigh Levesque. Courtesy photos.

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