Mushroom Festival - 2024 Program

2024 morgan hill mushroom festival program 6 Giving Back to the Community The Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras embodies more than just a two-day, fun fest for local residents and our Bay Area neighbors. The real reason for all the fungus-eating and fun(gi)-making is giving back to the community. The Mushroom Mardi Gras is a charitable, non-profit organization; every dollar above and beyond the cost of putting on the festival goes towards scholarships to seniors who live within the boundaries of the Morgan Hill Unified School District (MHUSD), mini grants to elementary and middle schools in the MHUSD and donations to non-profit clubs and organizations that participate in the festival. The Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras began awarding scholarships since 1984. For the past 40 years, Students have been awarded scholarships, totaling over $1.75 million dollars for continuing education. Any senior living in the Morgan Hill Unified School District, including private schools, Central High School and the Morgan Hill Adult School are eligible to apply for a scholarship to continue their education. Scholarship recipients are selected based on a combination of academic performance, community and school service and need. Thanks to our sponsors, supporters and donors, the Board of Directors is excited to hand out (22) scholarships with ten (10) to Live Oak and Sobrato High School seniors and two (2) to Central High School for 2024. The five-member scholarship committee, headed by Ron Woolf, Treasurer of the Board screened and interviewed students in early April. Please join us in congratulating this year’s scholarship recipients: Sofia Barreras, Andrew Burbank, Daniela Colorado, Faith Fernandes, Stella Gaudy, Rachel Hoge, Veronica Howard, Zijie Kuang, Hannah Lara, Aidan Last, Paula Ledesma, Benjamin Ledwith, Nolan Ledwith, Gabriela Martinez, Lilian Martinez, Alyssa Mendoza, Lina Mateo Nungaray, Veronica Orozco, Jennifer Ramirez Rivera, Jocelyn Ramirez Rivera, Cristal Carmona Robles, Zachary Rocha, Roma Shah, Jasreen Toor. Family, relatives and friends, and the general public will be able to meet these outstanding students at the Community Center Amphitheater Stage on Sunday, May 26 at 1:30pm. Many of these star students will also roam around the festival as Goodwill Ambassadors. For more information on the scholarship program or any of these services, please contact the Morgan Hill Mushroom Festival office at (408) 778-1786 or email info@mhmmg.com . B R S Founder Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival ~ 1980 ~ July 6, 1942 - July 2, 2015 Always Remembered Live Oak High School Recipients Sobrato High School Recipients Central High School Recipients