PRINTER'S NO. 1271
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
239
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DiSANTO, STREET, VOGEL, LANGERHOLC, PHILLIPS-HILL,
FONTANA, BARTOLOTTA, J. WARD, YAW, MARTIN, KILLION, BROWNE,
MENSCH, TARTAGLIONE, MASTRIANO, BAKER, AUMENT, HUTCHINSON,
SCHWANK AND YUDICHAK, OCTOBER 21, 2019
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 21, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Commemorating the 125th anniversary of The Hershey Company.
WHEREAS, The Hershey Company ranks first in United States
confection and second in United States snack manufacturing; and
WHEREAS, The Hershey Company's iconic brands, including
Hershey's Milk Chocolate and Hershey's Kisses, generate more
than $7.8 billion annually; and
WHEREAS, The Hershey Company has manufacturing facilities,
retail partners, nonprofit partners, community partners and
approximately 16,500 employees around the world; and
WHEREAS, The Hershey Company is headquartered in Hershey, the
community industrialist Milton Hershey built around his Derry
Township chocolate factory; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hershey founded The Hershey Chocolate Company in
Lancaster County in 1894 and broke ground in Dauphin County in
1903; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hershey's "Great Building Campaign" produced
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notable community improvements, cultural landmarks and jobs
during the Great Depression; and
WHEREAS, The Hershey Company has a singular purpose to make
more moments of goodness and does so ethically, responsibly and
compassionately; and
WHEREAS, The Shared Goodness strategy for sustainability
encompasses "our business, our planet, our communities, our
children"; and
WHEREAS, Employees participate in a global week of service,
Good to Give Back Week, as well as Rise Against Hunger and
Partners in Food Solutions events; and
WHEREAS, Employees interact throughout the year with students
from Milton Hershey School, a private philanthropic institution
Mr. Hershey and his wife Catherine founded in 1909; and
WHEREAS, Employees volunteer their expertise in marketing,
manufacturing and product development; and
WHEREAS, For 125 years, The Hershey Company has sourced and
delivered quality products, brands and services while advancing
a significant culture of purpose; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate commemorate the 125th anniversary
of The Hershey Company.
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