How Did Milton Hershey Change The World

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“My success is the result of not being satisfied with mediocrity and in making the most out of opportunities,” –Milton Hershey. He was a young, successful, dreamer who never gave up. His success came from hard work and determination. This is what Milton Hershey had done from the time he was a kid. From his apprenticing, failures, his businesses, town, and school he never gave up and has become historic person that has been and will be remembered for many years to come. The life of Milton Hershey began on September 13, 1857 on a three hundred fifty acre family farm in Pennsylvania, Derry Township. He was born here but did not stay in the same place for a long time as a kid. He moved often because his father was chasing his dreams but never having …show more content…

The first major impact Milton had when he made chocolate affordable to all people and not just the higher class. Also, an entire town was created which made and helped our economy become better. Starting his town may have been one impact made in the United States but during the Great Depression he did even more. He made more construction projects so he could hire more people and create jobs. At the end of the great depression era Milton was proud to say that he hadn’t let go any of his workers. (The Hershey Corporation, 2014). Hundreds of kids lives were impacted at the time Milton were alive because he gave them an education and a home which was the school he founded. When Kitty died he gave his life savings, of sixty million dollars, to his school. This let the his school expand and become bigger. During World War two, toward the end of his life, Milton created a candy bar for soldiers to eat that wouldn’t melt and had nutritional value in them. This was a treat for the soldiers and was his way of contributing to the war. As you can see, Milton impacted, helped, and changed the lives of many people when he was living(Sutcliffe,

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