Mushroom Festival awards more than $77,000 in grants to community organizations

The Mushroom Festival is much more than a fun-filled event that attracts tens of thousands of visitors to Kennett Square each September.
Proceeds from the festival are used to fund grant awards to dozens of local organizations that serve the community.
This year, the Mushroom Festival’s Board of Directors announced that it had received 63 grant applications, and they were able to award more than $77,000 in grants to help support a wide variety of programs and initiatives.
These are the organizations and nonprofits that have received grant funding from the Mushroom Festival:
Adult Literacy Program Kennett Library
ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter
Arts Holding Hands and Hearts
Avondale Fire Company
Boy Scouts of America
Camp dream Catcher
Canine Partners for Life
Carasmark
Domestic Violence Center of Chester County
Family Promise of Southern Chester County
Friends Home
Friends of Anson B Nixon Park
Good Neighbors Home Repair
Good Samaritan Services
Hero Hunts Foundation
Housing Partnership of Chester County
Kennett After School Association
Kennett Area Food Cupbaord
Kennett Area Senior Center
Kennett Collabrotative Memorial Day Parade
Kennett Fire Company NO.1
Kennett Heritage Center
Kennett Underground Rail Road
LCH Health and Community Service
Longwood Fire Company
Meals on Wheels of Chester County
Mighty Writers
New London Counseling Center
Opportunity Center/Handicrafters
Oxford Art Alliance
Prepared to Thrive
Reins of Life
Rotary of Kennett Square Light
Southern Chester County EMS
Spanish Health Ministry
Swayne, Campbell, Testa VFW post 5467
The Barn at Spring Brook Farm
The Garage Community and Youth Center
Tick Tock Learning Center
Walk in Knowledge
Rotary of Kennett Square Light