School visit

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Krista Putnam, marketing officer for Katahdin Trust Company, and Andrew Putnam, Katahdin’s network administrator, visited Mrs. Sewell’s first-grade class at the Houlton Elementary School to speak about the importance of saving money. Nearly 30 Katahdin bank employees presented to various classrooms throughout Aroostook County in celebration of National Teach Children to Save Day on April 27. The program is sponsored by the American Bankers Association Education Foundation, and since 1997, has reached 3.4 million young people with the help of some 80,000 banker volunteers. Participating in the talk were, front from from left, Colby Whitney, Christian Lively, Ronnie Trecartin, Molly Porter, Connor Fitzpatrick and Natalie Rutnam; middle, Jacob Anthony, Simon Banas, Seth Emery, Julie Ross and Savannah Walton; and back, Andrew Putnam, Brandon Bouchard, Brandon Roshto, Mackenzie Campbell, Landen Gregory, Kylee Mooers, Julia Tanner and Krista Putnam.