In 'Adopt A Business', Point Boro Football Seniors Give Back To Town

POINT PLEASANT, NJ — It's that time of year. A new fall season has arrived and lots of youth sports are seeking support.

In Point Pleasant, the seniors on the high school football team have turned that upside down to thank local businesses for what they do to support student activities.

The "Adopt A Business" effort started in 2021, according to the Black and Gold Parents Club, which is the booster club for the football team.

"The outgoing senior players felt asking a business to donate $100 to 'Adopt a Senior' just didn't seem right with all the hardship COVID caused," the group said. In the past, businesses would chip in $100 to adopt a senior and the funds would cover the cost of the senior's jersey, which they got to keep after the season.

With Adopt A Business, each senior picks a business, and those businesses are highlighted on the posters made to cheer on the team as well as the business names being announced repeatedly during every home football game.

The program was so well-received in 2021 that the senior class this fall wanted to continue it, the senior class said.

"The local business community is so generous to the boys, not just during the season, but throughout the year," the parents club said. "These senior players appreciate that and they want to continue to give back."

In addition to the players' choices, the parents club has chosen four businesses to adopt.

Here are the 2022 Point Boro football seniors and the local businesses they chose to adopt:

• Eric Anilonis #88: Blazing Visuals Sign Shop - 2138 Bridge Ave.
• Gerald (JJ) Bennett #36: Broadway Court Motel - 304 Broadway, Point Pleasant Beach
• Brendan Brouder #1: Tacoholics - 2401 Bridge Ave.
• Connor Cilento #3: Vitale Custom Homes LLC - Point Pleasant
• Robert Cooper #7: Bubbakoos Burritos - 2600 Bridge Ave.
• Tyler Criscuolo #44: Baja East Surf Shop - 2600 Bridge Ave.
• Billy DeCicco #21: Jersey Shore BBQ - 710 Arnold Ave.
• Tyler Gordon #25: Lenny’s Colonial Ranch Market - 3108 Bridge Ave.
• Spencer Knapp #77: Half Moon Point Tavern & Grill - 2154 Bridge Ave.
• Joseph Mazzaro #75: DeFelice Auto & Truck Sales / Repairs - 2506 Route 88, Point Pleasant
• Tommy Morris #35: Delicious Bagels - 2259 Bridge Ave.
• Michael Mucardo #42: Nature's Reward Farm Market - 3124 Bridge Ave.
• Quinn Mullen #59: Sundaes The Ice Cream Place - 3217 Route 88
• Sam Muraglia #15: Woodchucks BBQ - 3009 Route 88
• Brian Orio #16: Pizza Express - 2408 Route 88
• Derek Paolella #22: Point Cutz - 2428 Bridge Ave.
• Declan Pratt #54: Klotz's Kitchen - 2247 Bridge Ave.
• Connor Reynolds #56: Point Creamery Ice Cream - 3014, Route 88
• Maddox Samaritano #27: Vesuvio Pizza - 1305 Beaver Dam Road.
• Cole Skinner #72: Jersey Mike’s Subs - 2600 Bridge Ave.
• Brandon Sloan #14: Shore House Bar & Grill - 2114 Route 88
• Michael Smith #74: Baron’s Bagels - 3003 Route 88
• Jack Stencel #85: Coombs Chiropractic - 2424 Bridge Ave. # 3
• John Tesauro #31: Joe Leone's Italian Specialities - 510 Route 35
• Aiden Ward #50: Oakwood’s Point Pizza - 2708 Bridge Ave.

Black & Gold Football Parents Club:

• Life Chapel Assembly of God - 3118 Bridge Ave.
• ABR Promotions - 832 Beaver Dam Road
• M E Sabosik Associates LLC - 2319 Bridge Ave.
• Point Pleasant Boro Police Department - 2233 Bridge Ave.