Your support enables MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL to provide children in need a caring, loving community and access to a first-rate education. Your friendship over the past 100 years has made every day special and the future brighter for generations of children.

Celebrity Friends

We're thankful for our celebrity friends who show their support for MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL and its role in changing the lives of children in need.

Alma Powell

Alma Powell, chairman of America's Promise, vice chair of the Kennedy Center, author and wife of former Secretary of State Colin Powell, praises the work of MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL.

• Click to watch Alma Powell's message to
  MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL

Michael Nutter

Michael Nutter, mayor of Philadelphia, grew up in West Philly.
With help from an academic scholarship, he graduated from
St. Joseph’s Prep and the University of Pennsylvania. He now
leads America’s fifth largest city.

• Click to watch Michael Nutter's encouraging message to
  MHS students