The Kennett Mushroom Festival is continuing to share the bounty. A day after announcing that the festival gave $3,000 to the Kennett Library, it’s been announced that two more nonprofits — Meals on Wheels of Chester County and Camp Dreamcatcher — are getting some cash.
The festival group granted $3,000 to Meals on Wheels of Chester County and $1,828 to Camp Dreamcatcher. The day before, The Kennett Library announced it had gotten $3,000. The grant money came from the 2021 Mushroom Festival held last September.
Meals on Wheels Director Jeani D. Purcell expressed her appreciation.
“We are thrilled to receive this grant,” she said. “The money will help purchase hot, nutritious lunches for those who are homebound due to illness, advanced age, or disability living in the townships of Kennett, New Garden, Pennsbury, Pocopson, and East Marlborough.”
Meals on Wheels’ mission is to enhance the well-being of homebound adults by providing nutritious meals and friendly visits to help adults live independently and stay healthy in their own homes, the press release said.
Camp Dreamcatcher provides free therapeutic and educational programs to children with HIV/AIDS. Patty Hillkirk, the camp’s executive director, said she appreciated the donation. The money will help sponsor two HIV/AIDS impacted youth from southern Chester County to attend the upcoming camp session in August.
The Mushroom Festival has donated more than $1 million to local organizations for books, playground equipment, food, and other essential material for the local nonprofits.
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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