During our day in Hershey, Pennsylvania -- of course Marion and I went to Chocolate World!!
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| It's a lot more than just a GIGANTIC candy store.... |
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| Although -- it is an awesome candy store.... |
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| With heart stopping displays of chocolate-everything... |
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| The world famous chocolate bar...with or without almonds... |
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| There's a cafe... |
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| And a bakery... |
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| They have a little ride you can go on (FREE) -- the floor is moving, and Marion is walking over to our bumper car... |
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| As the cars go around, animated figures tell the story of how Milton Hershey started making milk chocolate... |
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| The cow puppets happily sing about their role in providing the delicious MILK... |
AND -- every Hershey chocolate bar you buy has a thank you note on the back. This is making it very hard for me to EAT LESS CHOCOLATE. Now it all feels so philanthropic -- there can't be anything better than helping children, right??
SO -- what little known fact surprised me? When I knew we were going to Hershey, I looked up the Milton Hershey School -- and guess what? It is the RICHEST SCHOOL IN THE WORLD. Go figure. the school is run by a board of trustees -- and today, the foundation has grown to $6 Billion....
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| This building is the Jr. High for Milton Hershey School. Originally built in the 30's -- it was crumbling -- and the Foundation decided to tear it down and make way for a new, more functional building. But because it sits on the highest hill, and is iconic to the city of Hershey -- the community was upset by the pending change. So, instead -- the foundation tore down the old building -- then completely rebuilt the new one to look identical to the original...brick by brick. It has all the latest, modern conveniences and technological updates -- but it looks EXACTLY like it has always looked... |
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It is very appropriate that TODAY -- as you are reading about Milton Hershey -- certainly a hero by any measure -- I get to remind you about Chad Pregracke, the official 2013 CNN HERO. The show will be on Sunday night, on CNN, at 8:00 PM EST...more tomorrow....
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