Scholarship Committee

Left to Right : Nancy Carney, The Masiello Group (Committee Chair); Connie Young, Rockingham County ServiceLink; Lynne Graziosi, Rockingham Park; Cheryl Parent, Enterprise Bank
Missing from photo: Henry Glickel, Sales Recruiters Inc.; Paula Faist, Silverthorne; Jamie Santo, Santo Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. and Andrea Sousa, Advanced Digital Imaging (ADI)

 

Scholarship Committee

 

The Scholarship Committee has the pleasure and responsibility of selecting three students that will be this year’s Chamber Scholars. Their work began with the determination to update the application, make certain that it was marketed to all Chamber Business Members (eligibility is based on being an Employee of a member business, Child of an employee or Child of owner/principal of a member business) and that surrounding schools and colleges become aware of this Scholarship opportunity. The Committee members met and produced a form that provides the information necessary to judge each student on their educational merit and clarify the information that the applicant is required to provide. They also wanted to make it competitive with other local/national scholarship applications. Distribution of the scholarships has been changed to allow no penalty to the recipient/family for receiving this award. The selection process will be finalized after the application deadline of April 15th. There will be three scholarship winners, with the student attaining the highest cumulative score being honored with the Ray Landry Memorial Scholarship. A celebratory dinner will happen at Searles Castle in Windham on Tuesday, May 20th (the night before the Taste). Those attending the TASTE of GREATER SALEM on May 21st at Atkinson Resort & Country Club will have the privilege of meeting the Scholars. This important gathering is the source of the financial strength of the Scholarship Program. It is very important that the Chamber recognize and foster the education of future members and leaders of the Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce. We ask that Chamber Members who have eligible applicants encourage them to apply and make this year the most successful and meaningful awards program in the history of the Chamber. The application is made available in the early spring on the Chamber Web site (www.gschamber.com), the Chamber Office and the student’s local educational Guidance Office.