Hershey Recognized by Civic 50 for ‘Sharing Goodness’ with Communities
17 July 2018 - 10:00PM
The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) was recognized for the sixth time as
one of America’s 50 most community-minded companies in The Civic
50, an annual recognition from Points of Light for companies that
most effectively use their resources to help improve the
communities in which they do business.
The Hershey Company has demonstrated a passion for supporting
vibrant and thriving communities for more than a century. “The
Hershey Company was built with the idea of strong community. Our
founder Milton Hershey didn’t just open a factory, he built a
town,” said Leigh Horner, Vice President of Corporate
Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility, The Hershey
Company. “Today, meaningful community involvement is demonstrated
every day by our remarkable employees, whose generosity continues
to push us to work more closely together with our local partners to
create strong communities.”
Last year, the company updated its corporate giving strategy to
include a renewed focus on the communities where its employees live
and work, distributing more than $5 million to 1,100 organizations
through Hershey’s community giving program. The new strategy
focuses on three key areas that help communities thrive: supporting
basic needs, educating the workforce of tomorrow, and investing in
community and economic development efforts that bring people
together.
This week, Hershey employees are deployed across communities for
its annual global week of service, Good to Give Back
Week. Throughout the week, thousands of employees will
work with the company’s non-profit partners to support local
communities around the world. During an annual meal-packing event
with Rise Against Hunger, the company expects to
pack approximately 285,000 meals for communities in need,
adding to the more than one million meals already packed during the
previous five years. Throughout the year, Hershey employees are
encouraged to give back to communities and are given paid time off
to volunteer.
“The Civic 50 truly highlights the commitment of community and
civic engagement of America’s leading brands,” said Natalye
Paquin, president and CEO, Points of Light. “Points of Light
believes that people drive change in addressing society’s growing
and most profound challenges. The business community plays an
important role in creating and delivering innovative solutions that
drive social good in the communities where they live and work.”
The Civic 50 is the only award that exclusively measures
corporate involvement in communities and provides a national
standard for superior corporate citizenship and showcases how
companies can use their time, skills and other resources to improve
the communities in which they do business. Civic 50 winners are
public and private companies with U.S. operations and revenues of
$1 billion or more and are selected based on four dimensions of
their U.S. community engagement program - investment, integration,
institutionalization and impact.
Hershey has received the Civic 50 award every year since it was
created in 2012.
To view a complete list of The Civic 50 companies for 2017,
visit Civic50.org.
About The Hershey CompanyThe Hershey Company,
headquartered in Hershey, Pa., is a global confectionery company
known for bringing goodness to the world through its chocolate,
sweets, mints and other great-tasting snacks. Hershey has
approximately 17,000 employees around the world who work every day
to deliver delicious, quality products. The company has more than
80 brands around the world that drive more than $7.5
billion in annual revenues, including such iconic brand names
as Hershey's, Reese's, Hershey's Kisses, Jolly
Rancher and Ice Breakers. Building on its core business,
Hershey is expanding its portfolio to include a broader range
of delicious snacks.
At Hershey, goodness has always been about more than delicious
products. For more than 120 years, Hershey has been committed
to operating fairly, ethically and sustainably. Hershey
founder, Milton Hershey, created the Milton Hershey
School in 1909 and since then the company has focused on
giving underserved children the skills and support they need to be
successful. Today, the company continues this social purpose
through 'Nourishing Minds,' a global initiative that provides
basic nutrition to help children learn and grow. From
neighborhoods across the United States to the streets of Shanghai
and Mumbai and villages of West Africa, our goal is to nourish one
million minds by 2020.
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About Points of LightPoints of Light, the
world's largest organization dedicated to volunteer service,
mobilizes millions of people to take action that is changing the
world. Through affiliates in more than 200 cities and partnerships
with thousands of nonprofits and corporations, Points of Light
engages 4 million volunteers in 20 million hours of service each
year. We bring the power of people where it is needed most. For
more information, visit www.pointsoflight.org.
Media Contact:Jeff Beckman, Hershey717-534-8090
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