Our 2021 Scholarship Winners

This year all of our scholarship winners were from Mount Olive High School. Their names were announced at the Senior Awards Ceremony held at the school on Wednesday evening June 9^th. The 4 Council 6100 scholarships were awarded to:

• Sara Seelman          $1500
• Nicholas Tarallo      $1000
• Richard Doan          $500
• Collin Berg              $500

The Thomas Christopher DeLalla Memorial Scholarship was awarded to:

• Andrew Aaron         $1000

The Ernie DiCicco Sr. Memorial Scholarship was awarded to:

• Nickolas Tarallo       $4000 – $1000/yr – 4 years

This brings the total to over $160,000 in scholarship monies awarded over the past 25 years through our Council to students in our Mount Olive community.

Our Council Scholarship Committee, Jim Sweeney, Dave Rose, Lenny Martin, Joe D’Anna and Tom DeLalla, selected the winners from a pool of 13 applicants based on the highest appraisals across 5 categories: Scholastic Achievement, Church/Religious Institution activities, Community activities, Extra Curricular activities and Essay. 

The Thomas Christopher DeLalla Memorial Scholarship, in its 17^th year, was selected by the DeLalla family from a pool of 7 applicants and awarded to the candidate who best met the scholarship criteria for accomplishment, commitment, dedication, and leadership in activities and organizations to benefit others, the community and the youth of Mount Olive Township. 

This is the 15^th year the Ernie DiCicco Sr. scholarship was awarded and presented in the amount of $4000 ($1000/yr for 4 years). The winner was chosen by the DiCicco family from a pool of 12 applicants.  The selection was made based on overall participation in church, community and school activities in addition to a 500 word essay.  Funding for this scholarship is provided through contributions to the Council 6100 Scholarship Fund specifically made in memory of Ernie DiCicco Sr.  This $1000/year scholarship will be renewed annually for up to 4 years providing student maintains a B average and is a full time student.

In addition to these 6 scholarships the recipients of the 2021 Council 6100 Member Service Scholarships, in the amount of $500 each, are awarded to:

• Nickolas Tarallo – son Council Member Joe Tarallo
• Caroline Mickus – daughter Council Member Shaun Mickus.

This onetime scholarship is only available to graduating high school students who are children of Council 6100 members.  It is based in part on the Council members being in good standing, length of service and the member’s active service working our weekly bingo fund raiser.