88 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 Showing up for Our Communities Making an Impact Puerto Rico Our Hazleton, Pennsylvania, manufacturing Around the World As the pandemic continued to impact countries plant kicked off a partnership with the Hazleton and communities around the world, Hershey Integration Project’s Hazleton One Community India teams in Puerto Rico raised funds that were Center to support the organization’s afterschool donated to the Pediatric Hospital Foundation. and early childhood programs and adult To celebrate International Women’s Day, The funds were used to buy three temperature workforce development programs. This support Hershey India donated products to the women scanning stations for hospital entrances to includes ESL and citizenship classes as well as at the NGO Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care. enhance COVID-19 safety measures. job training programs for community members. The social-service wing of the organization It is a significant strategic partnership for talent works to empower women across Gujarat by For more information about global pipeline development and community impact easing access to health care and providing recognition Hershey received in 2021, in this majority Latino community. business training and education to enhance see page 9. self-reliance. Brazil Continuing Our Support Easter is the most important season for for Social Justice in the U.S. chocolate in Brazil as families celebrate In the wake of growing violence against Asian the holiday with sweet treats. In the face of Americans, we established new partnerships rising hunger across São Paulo, during one with Asian American organizations, including of the worst waves of the pandemic, Hershey Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Asian employees decided to take action. The Indian Americans of Central Pennsylvania. company donated $100,000 to three NGOs in Additionally, we established new partnerships São Paulo and São Roque to support more than supporting the Latino community, partnering 1,800 families with food baskets over a three- with the League of United Latin American month period. In addition to the food baskets, Citizens. Hershey also supported the newly the team also put together product donations established Center for Racial and Gender Equity to help families facing poverty celebrate Easter at YWCA Lancaster, and continued its support 2021 with their children. for anti-racism efforts at YWCA Harrisburg. During 2021, we also continued our long-time partnerships with NAACP’s Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics in Greater Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with members of our African American BRG lending their time and expertise to the student competitors. We also continued our collaboration with TMCF. See the Our People chapter of this report on page 62 for more details.