89 The Hershey Company | 2021 ESG Report The Big Picture Our Company Cocoa Responsible Sourcing and Human Rights Environment Our People Youth Community About This Report Community Being a Good Neighbor Our plant employees The Stuarts Draft Plant set a goal to donate across the U.S. came 1,000 jars of REESE’S Peanut Butter to their local Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. To meet this together in many goal, they asked employees to add $2 to their ways throughout 2021 to company store purchases to cover the cost of a jar of peanut butter for their local Blue make a difference in their Ridge Area Food Bank. The positive response communities. These are was overwhelming and the team ended up providing 2,500 jars. just a small sampling The Hazleton Plant celebrated National Salute of how: to Veteran Patients Week by donating candy and Hershey T-shirts to spread joy. Lynette Sanders, Production Supervisor at West Hershey, started recruiting employees to volunteer at Central Pennsylvania Food Bank events in 2019. Their volunteer group has since grown from six employees to 22 and they continue to hold quarterly events to help sort, box and pack food items at the facility. The Memphis Plant employees supported Feed the Needy by donating three pallets of water and food to help families celebrate Easter and donated an additional 2,500 units of both HERSHEY’S Cocoa and REESE’S Peanut Butter for the organization’s Thanksgiving meal box event. The Memphis team also spent a morning packing Thanksgiving meal boxes with Feed the Needy.