Views from the Shore
By Brian Cahill
The Somers Point Business Association (SPBA) is proud announce the recipients of the Lou DeScioli Scholarship Awards for 2023. $500 scholarships were awarded to Caroline Endicott, Nick Wagner, and Maddie Gregory at the Somers Point Business Association’s networking breakfast on May 17 at Josie Kelly’s Public House in Somers Point.
These scholarship awards are inspired by long time Somers Point business and community leader Lou DeScioli. Mr. DeScioli always believed that a great business is one that strives to make its community better and thrive.
Caroline Endicott of Somers Point has worked at Greate Bay Country Club and Charlie’s Restaurant and Bar and is attending Stockton University; Nick Wagner, a life-long resident of Somers Point works at the Clam Bar will be attending Wagner College; and Maddie Gregory of Linwood works at Gregory’s Bar & Restaurant and will be attending St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.
To be eligible for consideration, applicants needed to submit a 500-word essay describing the impact they have made on the business at which they are employed. The essay should also provide three examples of how their efforts positively affected customer relations and improved business practices.
Mike Smith, president of the SPBA, was thrilled to award scholarships to these three motivated and well-deserving students on behalf of the SPBA.
“Caroline, Nick, and Maddie are all tremendous examples of self-motivated and hard-working members of our business community, and we hope that these scholarships will help them achieve their academic and future professional goals,” said Smith. “We would also like the thank our local businesses for providing these students with the opportunity to gain real life experience on their journey to become tomorrow’s leaders.”
The SPBA is an organization that brings together businesses and professionals interested in the promotion, improvement, development and advancement of the business climate of Somers Point. The SPBA has served as the Voice of the Somers Point Business Community for more than 40 years.
For more information on the Somers Point Business Association or to become a member, please visit www.somerspointba.org or email somerspointba@gmail.com
Brian Cahill is the Director of Marketing for Shore Medical Center. He is also on the Board of the Somers Point Business Association, an Adjunct Professor in the School of Business at Stockton University, and is a founding member of Somers Point-Community First, a local volunteer organization
