Carmen Scordo, owner of Scordo’s Autobody, is fondly remembered
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3
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ton. He wasn’t
a cookie-cutter
person, and his
place was different and att r a c t e d
different people – not only
gay people, but
anyone who
Carmen Scordo
wasn’t cookie-cutter. People felt
Carmen was an inspiration because he was his own person and
wasn’t afraid to be himself. I’m
not saying he was perfect, but he
was perfect for me,” Kasilowski
said.
Kasilowski said Scordo would
always donate to causes like
Timmy’s Regatta at the Sweetwater Casino in Mullica Twp. and
other charities throughout the area.
“He would always give back to
so many causes, in Hammonton
and throughout the area. At the
Miss America Parade, they show
their shoes on the boardwalk. We
owned the rights to the phrase
“Show Us Your Shoes” and the
proceeds from T-shirts, keychains
and other items we sold throughout the Atlantic City area, and donated the money to the South
Jersey AIDS Alliance and AIDSrelated charities. When it went to
Las Vegas, we let it lapse, and we
didn’t continue it when it came
back. But we did fundraise with
that ‘Show Us Your Shoes’ for
years. He always wanted people
to see him as a strong businessman, which he was, but he was
also a softy, a humanitarian,”
Kasilowski said.
Scordo was born and raised in
Hammonton, and was a 1971
graduate of St. Joseph High
School.
He was the third