Mushroom Festival awards community grants

Mushroom Festival grants

The Mushroom Festival awarded nearly $63,000 in grants to 28 local non-profit and community organizations at their annual Grants Reception, the Mushroom Festival Board announced.

While the Mushroom Festival is a weekend event, the impact continues all year. Each year, the Mushroom Festival provides proceeds from the event to local charities and nonprofit organizations. Over the past 20 years, the Mushroom Festival has donated more than $1 million in funds to local organizations for things like books, playground equipment, food, transportation, healthcare services, and more. Gale Ferranto, Buona Foods, Mushroom Festival Coordinator, explained the grant program this way. “Kennett Square is the Mushroom Capital of the World, in large part due to the support of the community. This is a way for the mushroom farming community to say thank you,” she said. Grants were awarded to the following community groups:

Adult Literacy Program at The Kennett Library ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter Arts Holding Hands and Hearts, Inc (AHHAH) Arts Holding Hands and Hearts, Inc (AHHAH) Avondale Fire Company Bournelyf Special Camp Bournelyf Special Camp Camp Dreamcatcher Canine Partners for Life Canine Partners for Life Kennett Square Kennett Square Ambler West Chester West Chester Avondale West Chester West Chester Kennett Square Cochranville Cochranville

Chester County Council, Boy Scouts of America Domestic Violence Center of Chester County Domestic Violence Center of Chester County Family Promise of Southern Chester County Friends Home in Kennett Friends Home in Kennett Exton West Chester West Chester Kennett Square Kennett Square Kennett Square

Good Neighbors Home Repair Kennett After School Association Kennett After School Association Kennett Square Kennett Square Kennett Square

Kennett Area Community Service (KACS)

Kennett Square Kennett Area Senior Center Kennett Area Senior Center Kennett Square Kennett Square Kennett Collaborative (formerly Historic Kennett Square) Kennett Square Kennett Fire Company No. 1 Kennett Square Kennett Square Kennett Heritage Center Kennett Square Longwood Fire Company Kennett Square Kennett Square Meals on Wheels of Chester County, Inc. West Chester Reins of Life Reins of Life Landenberg Landenberg SILO- Serving, Inspiring, and Loving Others Oxford SmartDrive SmartDrive New Castle, Del. New Castle, Del. Southern Chester County EMS West Grove Spanish Health Ministry Spanish Health Ministry Kennett Square Kennett Square The Garage Community & Youth Center Kennett Square Tick Tock Early Learning Center Avondale Avondale Walk In Knowledge (WIN) Program Kennett Square

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Kennett Square Mushroom Festival Grant Award Recipients.

Planning is underway for the 2022 Mushroom Festival. The event will be held on State Street in Kennett Square on Sept. 10 and 11. For sponsorship information and more, visit www.mushroomfestival.org.