Milton Hershey and the founding of Hershey town
Milton Snavely Hershey born in 1857 in central Pennsylvania and driven by early failures. After moving across the country he found success with caramels in Lancaster before launching a chocolate business in 1894 and building Hershey, a company town for workers, now home to about 14,000 people.
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Milton Hershey School Growns From Philanthropy Legacy
Milton and Kitty Hershey created a home for orphan boys that expanded into a vast complex serving educational and family needs for more than 2000 children. The Hersheys were noted philanthropists and Milton argued that children remain the same despite changing times, blaming parent influence.
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Start a Philanthropy Jar to Help a Child in Need
A simple plan invites you to save one less candy bar each week and place the funds in a philanthropy jar. By next year you could buy a toy for a child, with a note of encouragement to never give up. Milton and Kitty show how small acts spark hope.
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Mini Page Heroes chapter based on So American Heroes
Notes about the Mini Page Heroes issue citing the book So American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet by Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe. It directs readers to heroes4us.com to order and mentions a library title Who Was Milton Hershey by James Buckley.
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Mini Page Credits Help From Dennis Denenberg And Lorraine Roscoe
The Mini Page thanks Dennis Denenberg a former teacher principal superintendent and university professor and Lorraine Roscoe a champion of heroes of every kind for assistance with this issue.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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