The Lower Township Chamber of Commerce Officers & Directors. Lou DeCecco, Amy McCulley, Geoff Harrison, Sheri Hemingway, Lori Hall, Greg Guyon, Debbie Colubiale, Barbara Frame, Jeannie Campbell, Linda Williams and Pat Campbell.

RIO GRANDE - The Lower Township Chamber of Commerce held their annual dinner and installation of officers at Menz's Restaurant on Thursday, October 9th.

It was announced at the opening of the ceremony that the chamber had inducted it's 161st member, the Forgotten Warriors Museum in Erma.

Brian Marker, of Lower Township Police, received the award for Citizen of the Year. A letter was read in Chief Donahue's behalf, who could not attend. "The Chamber could not have chosen a finer man to accept this award," Donahue said. "He has been active in our community since he was a teenager, working at the North Cape May Acme."

Senator Jeff Van Drew also attended this event, and spoke of the difficult times our country is facing. "Because of human beings like the ones in this room," he said, "at the end of the day, we will prevail."

Greg Guyon, the Chamber's Treasurer, was praised for his commitment for the Chamber. He received the Business Person of the Year award a few years ago by "gaining more and more members of the Chamber and not allowing it to be in the red."

In addition to these awards, there were many door prizes and a 50/50 raffle. The winner of the 50/50 raffle donated the money back to the Chamber for their upcoming Hospitality Night, held in early December.