Hershey Park

Entrance to the park building

The grade school they just spent 100 millions dollars to upgrade

The street where the plant is located

Milton Hershey's birth home

Another view of Milton's birth home

Hershey's Hotel

Well we made it to the Hershey Park where they make all the chocolate candies. When you enter the town you can smell the candy. Our first day Maile (grandma) fell and injured her knee. She is OK but sore. Today we went to the park and went to numerous park museums. We had a very good day. We took a tour of the town and the tour guide was so funny he had me laughing. We went to the Hershey Hotel which sits atop a hill over looking the park for dinner. I have included a few pictures of the park and area. One thing here in Hershey is a program that Milton Hershey started in 1909. He took orphan boys and later on girls and build a private school and housing for the children. When the children graduated from high school, they are given a choice for what college they want to attend. When they decide then they are issued a 100% scholarship no questions asked. There are 1800 kids in the program today. Milton Hershey could not have children so he wanted children that there parents were killed or abandon them a chance in life without any wants to get ahead in there lives. To this day the trustee that he set up in 1915 still provides these children the money for there schooling. At the end of there schooling the trustee gives each person 100 dollars. It is something Mr. Hershey wanted and is still kept tradation today. I know it sounds like something small but they get a free education and all needs until they finish schooling.