The Hershey Company
Since 2018, Boys & Girls Clubs of America has been proud to partner with The Hershey Company. Since its founding more than 125 years ago, The Hershey Company has had an enduring commitment to helping young people thrive. Today, Hershey is helping kids and teens, along with their parents and teachers, build more meaningful connections and create kinder, more inclusive and empathetic communities. Because when kids feel more connected to one another, caring adults, and their communities, they experience more positive well-being outcomes.
Amplifying Youth Voice
The Hershey Company is proud to support BGCA’s Think, Learn, Create Change (TLC) model that puts youth at the center of their own advocacy experiences and supports their ongoing, active engagement as changemakers in their communities. Through the TLC model, young people create local advocacy projects working alongside Club leaders, fellow members and issue-area experts in their community. At the completion of the TLC training, Club youth and their advisors have the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C to participate in BGCA’s Summit for America’s Youth. Club youth from across the country travel to our nation’s capital, hear from inspirational leaders and explore careers in government and public service. In addition, Club youth are given the opportunity to not only showcase their local advocacy projects to their fellow youth advocates, but also put all they learned through TLC into practice on Capitol Hill. In 2023, employees of The Hershey Company participated in the “So, You Want to Work in Public Service” panel where teens were exposed to the diverse opportunities that exist in government relations careers and in the career mentor session.
