In the fall of 2013, David and Emily Berg approached the Decatur Education Foundation with the idea of taking their Mardi Gras party that had outgrown their house and turning it into a community fundraiser.

Mead Rd. Mardi Gras is now a non-profit community event that has raised $25,000 that it has donated to the Decatur Education Foundation to fund music and arts grants in the Decatur City Schools.

MRMG/Decatur Education Foundation Impact:
2018 Impact: $5,000 Raised

• Bought two tubas for Renfroe Middle School Band program

2017 Impact: $8,000 Raised

• ​Expand the DHS choral music library to include music for the men’s chorus group
• Accompanying pianist for the Renfroe Middle School's chorus rehearsals and performances
• A "movement expert" to help teach the Renfroe Middle School chorus
• A bass clarinet for the Decatur High School band

2016 Impact: $6,000 Raised

• PA equipment for the Decatur High School Chorus
• Euphonium for Renfroe Middle School
• African drums for 4/5 Academy
• Costumes for Decatur High School Drama Club

2015 Impact: $4,000 Raised

• Gathering drums and Orff instruments for Glennwood Elementary  
• A piano for the Performing Arts Center at Decatur High School

2014 Impact: $2,000 Raised

• Instruments for the reopening of Westchester Elementary