{"id":21786,"date":"2020-07-06T09:31:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T13:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=21786"},"modified":"2020-07-06T09:31:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T13:31:52","slug":"mushroom-industry-awards-scholarships-to-local-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=21786","title":{"rendered":"Mushroom industry awards scholarships to local students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MushroomFarmers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12103\" src=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MushroomFarmers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a>AVON GROVE \u2014 Sixteen<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>college-bound high school seniors from\u00a0five Chester County-\u00a0area high\u00a0school\u00a0districts\u00a0were awarded\u00a0scholarships\u00a0from the Mushroom Farmers of Pennsylvania\u2019s Community Awareness Committee (CAC), the group announced today.\u00a0Fifteen\u00a0students\u00a0received the Sara Manning Scholarship\u00a0($1,500)\u00a0and one\u00a0student\u00a0received the Rob Ferranto Scholarship\u00a0($2,500)*.<\/p>\n<p>CAC\u00a0was created to help provide funds for education, training and outreach to the community. The Committee raises\u00a0proceeds\u00a0each year through a golf tournament. Since its inception in\u00a01986, CAC has raised\u00a0more than\u00a0$800,000 in scholarships for students seeking higher education in agricultural fields\u00a0and other industries.\u00a0In many cases, the students are the first in their family to attend college.\u00a0Students considered for a scholarship should have a 2.5 minimum GPA and at least 10 hours of community service performed in the past year. Additionally, candidates are required to submit a 500-word essay on the health benefits of mushrooms.\u00a0\u00a0Recipients become mushroom ambassadors encouraged to stay up-to-date on the industry and seek employment in it. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mushroom industry\u00a0has deep roots here in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are thrilled to be able to help young people\u00a0pursue their dreams\u00a0through our longstanding scholarship program,\u201d said Pete Alonzo, Pietro Industries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recipients of the scholarships include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anna Iacocca, Unionville High School, attending Carnegie Mellon University<\/li>\n<li>Katelyn McGovern, Unionville High School, attending University of Pittsburgh<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Odom, Unionville High School, TBD<\/li>\n<li>Cristina Lopez, Oxford Area High School, attending Millersville University<\/li>\n<li>Daniela Ayala Lugo, Oxford Area High School, attending Delaware County Community College<\/li>\n<li>Bailee Mallon,\u00a0Oxford Area High School, attending University of Delaware<\/li>\n<li>Heather Mullins, Oxford Area High School, Indiana University of Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Taylor, Oxford Area High School, attending University of Pittsburgh<\/li>\n<li>Jayson Alonzo, Kennett High School, attending Temple University<\/li>\n<li>Shawn Carroll, Kennett High School, attending University of Pittsburgh<\/li>\n<li>Jenna Davidson, Kennett High School, attending Penn State University or University of South Carolina<\/li>\n<li>Caroline Fiss, Kennett High School, attending Penn State University<\/li>\n<li>Vivian Marquez Beltran*, Avon Grove High School, attending Neumann University<\/li>\n<li>Brayden\u00a0Reaney, Avon Grove High School, attending Georgia Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li>Sydney Rundle, Avon Grove High School, attending Penn State University<\/li>\n<li>Nathaniel Lewis Tan\u00a0Krinock, Avon Grove Charter School, attending Rochester Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AVON GROVE \u2014 Sixteen\u00a0college-bound high school seniors from\u00a0five Chester County-\u00a0area high\u00a0school\u00a0districts\u00a0were awarded\u00a0scholarships\u00a0from the Mushroom Farmers of Pennsylvania\u2019s Community Awareness Committee (CAC), the group announced today.\u00a0Fifteen\u00a0students\u00a0received the Sara Manning Scholarship\u00a0($1,500)\u00a0and one\u00a0student\u00a0received the Rob Ferranto Scholarship\u00a0($2,500)*. CAC\u00a0was created to help provide funds for education, training and outreach to the community. The Committee raises\u00a0proceeds\u00a0each year through a golf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[110,8555,3020],"class_list":["post-21786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-chester-county","tag-mushroom-farmers-of-pennsylvania","tag-scholarships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21787,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21786\/revisions\/21787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}