Actor Tom Hernandez was a very dashing Don Diego, so it's no wonder he was the living symbol of the San Diego County Fair until his death in 1984. Click on the link below to see photos of Don Diego at the Fair, as well as photos from the Don Diego Scholarship Foundation events.
It takes just $150 to ensure your place in the iconic history of the Del Mar Fairgrounds where legendary celebrities such as Bing Crosby hobnobbed with racegoers and daredevil performers thrilled fairgoers with breathtaking, high-wire feats. Your customized brick at the Don Diego Legacy Fountain in the Plaza de Mexico will live forever. . .
The 2015 San Diego County Fair has ended, but thousands of elementary school children will always remember the day they won a ribbon for growing their prize radish, arugula, nasturtium or other edible from seed through the Fair’s Plant*Grow*Eat program.
A sold-out crowd festively came together on June 10, 2015 at the top of the famed Del Mar Fairgrounds Turf Club to fete outstanding college-bound students and feast on a gourmet meal at Don Diego Scholarship Foundation’s Peter Frampton & Cheap Trick Dinner & Concert Gala at the San Diego County Fair.
Read the article about Don Diego's 2015 Scholars Featured in UT-San Diego School News
The Coast News features Amy Wehner, one of our 2015 scholarship recipients on page 9.
Don Diego Scholarship Foundation’s 14 stellar 2015 college scholarship winners are going places – thanks to their outstanding academic and extracurricular achievements and an unprecedented $42,500 in Don Diego funding.
Stanford University
$10,000
4H & Spanjian Scholarship
Cal State San Marcos
$5,000
FFA Scholarship
UC Santa Cruz
$5,000
Employee Scholarship